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GAS MACHINE. 




PROPRIETORS 



NEW-YORK OFFICE 

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SALESROOM, 


FACTORY 

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GENERAL OFFICE, 


No. 238 CANAL STREET, 

Corner Centre. 


SPRINGFIELD, 

MASS. 


PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 

No. 12 North Seventh Street. 

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by 
The Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Co,, 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 








SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


The Springfield Gas Machine is an automatic 
$ gas-making apparatus. It is designed as a means by which 
: factories, mills, hotels, churches, dwellings or buildings of 
any kind situated in the country, or beyond the reach of the 
coal gas mains of cities* may be supplied witb a safe and 
cheap gas light. 

These machines are simple of construction, not liable to 
get out of order, require no skill to manage, are made 
entirely of copper , and in the most substantial and durable 
manner. They occupy little space, are set up at small 
expense, and are equally adapted for lighting the largest 
mill, factory, public building, or the smallest dwelling; are 
no new or untried thing, but have been in constant and suc¬ 
cessful use in all parts of the country, both winter and sum¬ 
mer, for the past six years. 

The Gas made by these Machines, is usually known 
as Carbureted Air Gas , being common air impregnated with 
the carbonaceous vapor of gasolene; it burns with a rich, 
bright flame, fully equal to that produced by the best coal 
gas, is conducted through pipes and ornamental fixtures with 
the same convenience and safety. 

No fire is used in the process of manufacture, and build¬ 
ings lighted by it are insured at the same rates as though coal 
gas was used. 

The cost of this gas for light equal to one thousand 
feet of coal gas, varies from one dollar, to a dollar and fifty 



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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


cents, being only about one-tbird the price usually charged 
for city gas. 

The material from which gas is made by our Ma¬ 
chines is known commercially as Gasolene , a light, volatile 
product of petroleum, analogous to kerosene; chemically 
considered it is almost a pure carbon. 

This fluid is produced in large quantities in the distilla¬ 
tion of petroleum, is a common article of merchandize readily 
obtained from almost all refiners or dealers in oils; the supply 
has, up to this time, yearly increased, more than keeping pace 
with the demand, and is necessarily as inexhaustible as is 
the supply of petroleum. 

The Springfield Machine consists of a gas generator, 
(a copper cylinder containing evapoAting pans or chambers, 
see Plate No. 9), and an automatic air-forcing appara¬ 
tus operated by a weight, (see Plates Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6). 

The large lithographic engraving (the frontispiece to this 
pamphlet), is a perspective sectional view of a country man¬ 
sion : it .shows the plan adopted by us of setting our appa¬ 
ratus. 

In the cellar of the house is seen the automatic air pump 
with weight attached. Connected to this is the air pipe, run¬ 
ning in the ground, and conveying air from this instrument 
to the gas generator, located in a vault underground , removed 
from the building such distance as desired, thirty, fifty, one 
hundred feet, or more. 

When the machine is in operation the pump forces a cur¬ 
rent of air through the gas generator; here it becomes car¬ 
bureted, thus forming an illuminating gas that is returned 
through the gas pipe to the house, and by the distributing 
pipes in the walls and floors of the building to the burners, 
or it may be conducted from the gas generator in any other 
direction—to stables, out-buildings, or to lamps on the 
grounds, wherever light is required, as seen in the engraving. 
It will be noticed that this plan of gas making is automatic. 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. | 
Camden Station, Baltimore, December 1st, 1873. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

238 Canal Street, New York. 

Gentlemen: The Baltimore and Ohio Bail Road Co., having 
put up one of your 500 light Gas Machines at Deer Park Hotel on 
the Alleghany Mountains, another of same size at Queen City 
Hotel, Cumberland, and one of 650 burners at Locust Point, Balti¬ 
more, to light their European shipping wharfs and warehouses; 
also one 200 light machine at the new Hotel and Station at Relay 
or Washington junction, I take pleasure in informing you that 
up to this time the reports from each place unite in stating that 
they have given entire satisfaction. They require but little atten¬ 
tion, and give a pure, soft, white light, that is less trying to the 
eyes than coal gas. 

I remain yours, respectfully, 

E. F. Baldwin, 
Arch’t. B. & O. R. R. Co. 


Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, \ 
Locust Point Station, V 
Baltimore, November 8 th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

No. 238 Canal Street, New York. 

Dear Sirs: I have yours of the 5th inst., regarding shipment 
of chimneys, which have reached us, 

I am greatly pleased with the working of your Gas Machine. It 
furnishes us with a brilliant light, that burns steadily without 
flickering, and is, so far, a great improvement upon our city gas, 
and is much cheaper; we could not be better suited. The man¬ 
agement of the concern is simple, and we have experienced no 
trouble. The light afforded is ample, is bright, beautiful, very 
steady, and a great addition to the comfort and convenience of our 
offices. Very respectfully, 

L. F. Beeler, Agent. 

The above Machine is a six hundred and fifty burner appa¬ 
ratus; it lights the Wharves and Piers, also the shops and offices 
of the Railroad Co. at Locust Point, Baltimore. 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


Gas is generated only so fast and in such quantities as re¬ 
quired for immediate consumption. The process is contin¬ 
uous while the burners are in use, but instantly stops when 
they are extinguished. 

THE SPRINGFIELD MACHINE, SET IN THIS 
MANNER, 

Js considered as safe a means of lighting as any that can be 
adopted; all the gasolene is kept in a copper vessel in a vault 
underground, and removed from the building a safe distance. 
There is no gas in the air pump, nor inflamable material 
in the house (excepting the gas contained in the distributing 
pipes). 

The risk is reduced to practically the same point as is 
incurred in using common city gas—long since acknowl¬ 
edged as the safest kind of artificial light. 

We have now some six hundred machines in use in every 
part of the country, lighting all classes of buildings, and in 
no case has a fire or explosion causing a dollar’s loss, oc¬ 
curred from any one of them, nor do parties pay any addi¬ 
tional premium for insurance. We have the report of the 
New York Board of Fire Underwriters upon this matter, and 
will mail it to any one who may wish it 

The greater security in the use of gas delivered through 
permanent pipes and fixtures over that of using kerosene, can 
not be questioned; scarce a day passes without record of 
losses in property, and often in life itself, caused by fire re¬ 
sulting from the breakage or explosion of kerosene lamps; 
and when we consider the extent to which kerosene is now 
frequently adulterated, and the dishonesty of manufacturers 
and dealers, we are not surprised at such losses, as the risk 
of using it can hardly be over-estimated. An idea has been 
entertained by some that the illuminating agent produced 
by our machine is not gas, but vapor, therefore liable rapid¬ 
ly to condense; also if allowed to escape into a room through 


recommendations. 


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Office of the Rutgers Fire Insurance Co., ] 
180 Chatham Square , New York. [■ 
New York, March Nth, 1872. J 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In reply to your request, that I should give you 
my opinion as to the safety of your Gas Machine, I have to say, 
that I believe your Company have uniformly put up your Ma¬ 
chines in a safe manner, and in compliance with the regulations adopt¬ 
ed by the Board of Fire Underwriters of this city. If care is taken 
to make all the connections air-tight, I unhesitatingly say that, 
when so put up, there is little or no danger of an accident, and it 
can be operated or used with safety. 

I am yours truly, 

E. B. Fellows, Pres’t. 

Mr. Fellows is also Chairman of the Committee on Gas 
Machines, &c., of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters. 


Home Ins. Co., of N. Y. \ Gen’l Ins. AGENCY OF ARTHUR C. DUCAT. \ 
Citizens “ “ “ “ “) Chicago, December 6th, 1871. f 

C. N. Gilbert, Esq., General Agent. 

Dear Sir: The Gas Machine which I have had in use since last 
summer has given me entire satisfaction, and is not in any respect 
troublesome in its management. I consider the machine as safe 
from danger of fire as any in use when the gas generator is placed 
in a vault at least fifty feet from buildings. 

Very respectfully yours, 

* Arthur C. Ducat. 


Office of the Insurance Monitor, \ 
No. 176 Broadway , N. Y. t 
C. C. Hine, Editor and Proprietor. ) 
New York, November 20 ih, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In answer to your note, I say again, very cheerfully 
what I have several times said before : I have had the Springfield 
Gas Machine in constant use for about four years, and regard it 
with entire satisfaction from every point of view. I have studied 
the arrangement of the Machine, as it is upon my premises, and 
am unable to perceive any danger in the use of it, any more than 
in the use of the ordinary city gas. 

C. C. Hine. 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


carelessness in leaving a burner open, it immediately sinks 
to the floor, and that its presence can not be detected; in 
consequence, accidents are more liable to occur from it than 
they are from coal gas; furthermore, that it is an insidious 
agent, possessing some corrosive and dangerous property 
which rapidly destroys metal pipes or gas fixtures, thus allow¬ 
ing it to escape. These ideas are not only entirely false, 
theoretically, but are simply ludicrous to any one at all 
practically familiar with the subject. 

The able report of Professor A. A. Hays, herewith printed, 
also the statement made by The Downer Oil Co., is a com¬ 
plete refutation to the above theories. The facts are, that 
this gas is nearly analogous to coal gas. The one being a 
carbureted hydrogen gas, the other a carbureted air gas, 
and that either are to a certain extent, condensable under 
extremes of cold and pressure, but when properly treated 
for all purposes of utility are permanent gases, the one nearly 
as much so as the other. 

They are both governed by the same general laws, the 
particles of each exist in a state of mutual repellancy. If 
permitted to escape they permeate all the surrounding at¬ 
mosphere, the one giving as timely notice of its presence as 
the other. Any one using our machine will corroborate this 
statement. Our own experience and that of others, warrant 
the assertion that neither gasolene nor the gas made from it 
has any corrosive or disintegrating effect upon either gas 
pipes or fixtures. 

REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE GAS 

furnished by our Machine, no fault can be found; the light 
is not only strong and rich, but also exceedingly mellow and 
soft to the eyes. It has none of that peculiar sparkle and 
glare found to be so hurtful in coal gas. 

It possesses an illuminating power of from sixteen to 
twenty candles, fully equal to cannel coal gas, and about 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Office of the Mercantile Mutual Ins. Co., ) 
No. 35 Wall Street, N. Y., March 26 th, 1872. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. , New York. 

Gentlemen: I have used your Springfield Gas Machine at my 
residence in New Jersey for several years, with much satisfaction. 
Without artificial heat, the light has been brilliant during the 
coldest weather we have had. Very respectfully yours, 

Ellwood Walter, President. 


Mechanic’s Mutual Eire Insurance Company’s Office, ) 

Boston, March 18 th, 1873. i 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: The Springfield Gas Machine which you placed 
upon my premises, at Hyde Park, in October, 1870, is operating 
admirably, to my entire satisfaction, producing a beautiful, steady 
light, and an abundance of it for both houses. 

The vault, in grounds adjacent, which contains the Carburetor, 
has not been opened for five months, until a few days since, when 
it was opened for the purpose of replenishing the Carburetor with 
gasolene. Respectfully yours, &c., 

Solomon Hovey, 


Downer Kerosene Oil Co., ) 
Boston, December 19 th, 1866. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : We have had large experience in the manufac¬ 
ture of Kerosene Oil and Naphthas. We use Iron Storage and 
Gas Pipe, most of which has been in constant use for six or 
seven years. 

Our experience warrants the assertion, that Naphthas, or vapors 
of Naphthas, do not in the least corrode iron, or have any deleterious 
effect upon metals. Very truly yours, 

Wm. B. Merrill, Gen’l Agent, 

Downer Kerosene Oil Co. 


Westfield, Mass ., May lQth, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have had in use at my house for eighteen months 
past your Gas Machine. It gives me pleasure to say that it gives a 
brilliant and pleasant light. I can read by it thrice the length of time 
I could by coal gas, without tiring the eye. The cost of the gas is less 
than half that of coal gas. I am well pleased with the machine. 

Yours, very truly, 


C. Laflin, 





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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


one-third better than is ordinarily supplied by city gas com¬ 
panies. It is a remarkably pnre gas; contains no sulphur-, 
ous compounds or impurities of any kind; with proper 
burners combustion is perfect without smoke or odor. 

THE COST OF THE GAS 

Depends upon the price of gasolene. The price of this fluid 
varies from twenty to thirty cents per gallon ; taking the 
above as a basis, the cost of light equal to that of a thousand 
feet of coal gas is from a dollar and twenty to a dollar and 
eighty cents. Six gallons being' a liberal estimate of the 
amount of fluid required to produce light equal in strength 
to that given by a thousand feet of ordinary coal gas. 

We have the fullest and most reliable data for forming 
the above estimate. The actual illuminating value of a gal¬ 
lon of gasolene has been many times accurately determined 
by chemists and scientists, who, by the use of a photometer, 
test meters, delicate scales (weighing to a grain the amount 
of gasoline consumed), and other appliances, have been able 
to measure it to a nicety. 

Prof. A. A. Hays, M. D., and Assayer for the State of 
Massachusetts, in October, 1862, after making an exhaustive 
investigation of the illuminating value of this kind of gas, 
as compared with coal gas, of its permanancy when exposed 
to extreme cold, and other general characteristics, says: “ The 
“ first impression arising in the mind of every one, of the 
“ novel character of a gas formed of vapor of hydro-carbon 
“ and common air, disappears when we compare this gas in 
“ constitution with ordinary illuminating gas. In ordinary 
“ coal gas, fully two-thirds of the light-giving power is de- 
“ pendent on the presence of vapors of hydro-carbons, and 
“ the degree of permanency of such gas at low temperatures 
“ depends upon the kind or quality of such vapors. Rarely 
“ do we meet with a coal gas which will bear reduction of 
“ temperature to the point when water freezes, without suf- 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Westfield, Mass., March 14 th, 1872. 

J. F. Barker, Treasurer, 

Springfield Gas Machine Go. 

Dear Sir : It gives me pleasure to add my willing testimony to 
the many of your patrons. The Gas Machine that you put into 
my house in Westfield, works beautifully, both summer and winter, 
and is no trouble to take care of. It more than meets my expecta¬ 
tions, as it gives me the best , brightest , and softest light that I ever sat 
by to read, or to write. I would not be without your machine and 
the light it produces for twice its original cost. 

Yours, respectfully, 

J. H. Simmons. 


Glassboro, N. J., March 24 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

The Gas Machine made at Springfield, Mass., put up at my 
dwelling in this town, two years ago October last, gives entire 
satisfaction, affording an abundance of light, soft, steady, and bril¬ 
liant. Not the least of its merits is the cheapness of its light, and 
with little or no trouble. It is an admirable invention for country 
homes. 

Thos. H. Whitney. 


Office of White, Morris & Co., Bankers, \ 
No. 18 Wall Street. t 

New York, November §th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gents: The Gas Machine you put in my house in February, 
1871, has given me entire satisfaction. I have little or no trouble 
with it, and the cost I should think is nearly two-thirds less than city 
gas, with a purer and whiter light. After a very careful examination 
of several machines, I can conscientiously, and do cheerfully, re¬ 
commend the “Springfield” as a Gas Machine approximate to 
perfection. Yours, truly, 

C. O. Morris. 


Mt. Vernon, Westchester Go., N. V, December 13th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to state that the 
“Springfield Gas Machine ” with which you furnished my house 
over two years ago, works admirably. As for brilliancy of light, 
and simplicity of operation, I think it can be surpassed by none. 
Yours, respectfully, 

Giuseppe Tagliabue. 
Office, 302 Pearl Street, N. Y. 





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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


“ fering a great loss of illuminating power; and although we 
“ permit ourselves to consider coal gas as a permanent gas in 
“ its physical relations, it ceases to be so in its economical 
“ and chemical applications, in which we are viewing air gas. 
“ The two gases may, therefore, for the purposes of this in- 
“ quiry, be considered as possessed of the same qualities. 

“Considering the economy of the light , as the chief object 
“ of the investigation, the utmost care was giveti to this 
“ point, and multiplied observations of the light made during 
“twenty days. A chamber with dead black walls included 
“ the photometric apparatus, and the measurement of the 
“ light was made by Bunsons’ photometer, as used by him, 
“ and more carefully by the modification adopted by Mr. 
“ King of Liverpool. These experiments were continued 
“ from day to day, multiplying the^observations, in order to 
“ reduce the influence of any error common in such trials. 
“ A sperm candle burning one hundred and twenty grains 
“ per hour, or a candle consuming another weight, but re- 
“ duced to one hundred and twenty grains, was the standard 
“ of comparison. Gas made at a given temperature, meas- 
“ ured at that temperature, burned at that or a lower tem- 
“ perature in quantity per hour which afforded as much light 
“ as would ordinarily be deemed agreeable, but always cal- 
“ culated to five cubic feet per hour was opposed to it. A 
“ screen, which permitted equal rays to neutralize each 
“ other, gave, by its position, in relation to each light, the 
“ ratio of light emitted by each flame, and this, with the 
“ actual consumption of each illuminating material, allowed 
“ a simple calculation of value of the light.” 

Here follows a detailed account of some eighteen differ¬ 
ent observations made by him, which we have not the space 
to print in full; he sums up, however, the results of these 
experiments as follows, first stating that— 

“The weight of the standard gallon of water at sixty 
“degrees is nearly one hundred and thirty-two ounces, 


RECOMMEN DATIONS. 


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Office of William E. Hooper & Sons, \ 
Manufacturers of Cotton Duck, Twine, Netting, &c., V 
Baltimore, Md.y March 19 th, 1873. ; 

C. N. Gilbert, General Agent. 

Dear Sir : We have been using three of your Springfield Gas 
Machines , aboul% 00 burners, in our mills for the past two winters. 

We consider them much safer than coal oil lamps. We would 
not be without them. 

It has cost us to light this winter one half a cent a burner per hour. 
Yours, respectfully, 

William E. Hooper & Son. 


Pomona House, ] 

Eruitport, Mich ., February 24 th, 1872. j 
C. N. Gilbert, General Agent. 

Dear Sir : In answer to your letter of the 15th, asking how the 
500 burner Gas Machine put up by you operates, it gives me much 
pleasure to say that it fully meets my expectations in all respects. 
It gives a brilliant , strong , and steady light , superior to the best coal gas , 
and at less than half the price of city gas. 

Respectfully yours, B. E. Starr, Proprietor 

Pomona House. 


New York, December 2 d, 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have used the Springfield Gas Machine at my 
house, at Norwood, New Jersey, about five years. I have not kept 
an account of the expense all of the time, but during the last twelve 
months have used about two hundred gallons of oil, at a cost of 
$60.00, or $5.00 per month. I have lighted my house well , all the 
time, and have no doubt had I used coal gas , my bills would have been 
more than twice as large. I consider your Machine safe, reliable , 
and economical , and am glad to recommend it fully. 

W. H. Oakley, 

Cashier Citizens National Bank. 

381 Broadway. 


Springfield, March 13 th, 1873. 

J. E. Barker, Treasurer, Springfield , Mass. 

Dear Sir: In answer to your note I say, I have had your 
Machine in use for four years and nine months , lighting my house and 
barn, which contain about forty burners. The total cost for gas during 
this time has been % 158.90, an average monthly of $2.79. About five 
minutes weekly gives the Machine all the care required. I have had 
a good light summer and winter. Very truly yours, 

George A. Kibbe. 





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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


“ and gasolene weighs 0.6587 as much, or 86^ oz. per 
“ gallon. 

“The richest gas at 60° requires 60^ oz. of gasolene for 
“ the production of a hundred cubic feet, this is of one 
“ gallon, or of a gallon, and seven-tenths of the price of 
“ one gallon of gasolene will be the cost of the material for 
“ one hundred cubic feet of such gas. Diluted as this should 
“ be for economical burning, the quantity of gasolene will be 
“ diminished for the volume formed. 

“ At the present price of gasolene—twenty-five cents per 
“ gallon—the cost of material for one thousand cubic feet 
“ of this gas is one dollar and seventy-five cents when, as 
“ cannel gas, one burner emits the light of eighteen candles. 
“ It may be remarked that gas of eighteen candles approaches 
“ cannel gas in power, and is fifty per cent, above ordinary 
“ gas in value. Keduced to the more practical light of 
“ twelve candles, the cost will be reduced largely. 

“ Compared in cost with coal gas as sold to consumers, it 
“ will be seen that this gas is far below that in the favored 
‘‘ localities: not half the average price. 

“ With sperm candles at 35 cents per pound, the cost of 
“light would be $2.17 cents, while the gas for the same 
“ amount of light would cost 17J cents.” 

He further says, in speaking of other characteristics of 
this kind of gas :— 

“The light afforded by the mixture was tested for color, 
“ in its action on colored surfaces, and found unobjection- 
“ able. Its impression on the organs of vision, which is a 
“ subject of great importance, was noted under comparisons 
“ which show that its combination does not affect them more 
“ than does the combination of spermaceti, the flame from 
“ each, spermaceti and air gas, being nearly alike. 

“In the characters of ease of lighting, volume of dense 
“ flame, freedom from smoke, and perfect combination, this 
“ gas resembles the best cannel gas. 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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STATEMENT OF THE COST 
of Lighting by Gas made by the Springfield Machine, as compared 
with Goal Gas at $3.00 per thousand feei. 

National Drovers 5 Hotel, \ 
New York, 100 th Street and Third Avenue, > 
November 1(M, 1871. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

Gentlemen : We have used your 200 light Gas Machine for 
eight months, with a result, as regards light, perfectly satisfactory 
to ourselves and boarders; and as regards economy, have reason to 
congratulate ourselves upon having purchased the machine. 

Our gas bill, which formerly, when we used the coal gas, was 
nearly $1400.00 per year, will now be about $550.00. The light 
obtained is every way more desirable, and with the burners used, 
far superior to that supplied by the city gas. 

For simplicity and ease of management, we can recommend this 
machine any where and every where. Its economy is expressed in 
our figures, and figures are facts. 

Respectfully yours, 

Allerton & Dutcher, 

L. Y. Fay, Sup’t. 


THE SPRINGFIELD MACHINE MAKES GAS AT AN EXPENSE 
OF FIVE-EIGHTHS OF A GENT PER HOUR, PER BURNER. 

Hampshire Manufacturing Co. ) 
Huntington, Mass., February 29 th, 1872. j 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : The three hundred-light Springfield Gas Machine 
which we purchased of you, has been in constant and successful 
operation in our mill for the past thirteen months, and it has never 
failed to furnish us with a brilliant and reliable light. We use 
about one hundred burners nightly , and find the cost of the gas to be five- 
eighths of a cent per hour, for each burner , the light from each 
burner, as near as we can judge, being fully equal to that furnished 
by five feet of coal gas. Ten minutes time each day gives the 
machine all the care required. We consider it to be a cheap, safe, 
and reliable apparatus for lighting manufactories, and should be 
unwilling to exchange it for any other process of lighting with 
which we are acquainted. 

Very truly yours, 

A. J. Stanton, Agent and Treasurer. 



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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


“The general use of this gas involves no more danger of 
“ combustion than attends the use of any gas for lighting, 
“ while the purity of the material and cleanliness of air gas 
“ are distinctive features in favor of this compound ; every 
“ observation made in this investigation, has proved that this 
“ air gas will bear the same tests as cannel gas will bear, and 
“ each step taken has demonstrated the value of the inven- 
11 tions connected with its production.” 

Other estimates of the actual cost of this gas as compared 
with coal gas is shown by the report of the Commandant of 
the United States Armory at Springfield, Mass.; by the 
estimate made by the proprietors of the National Drovers 
Hotel in this city; by the Hampshire Manufacturing Co.; 
by Messrs. W. E. Hooper & Co. of Baltimore, Md.; and 
many more besides. See testimonials herewith. 

THIS GAS IS USED IN THE MECHANICAL AKTS 

in the various ways in which Coal Gas is applied:— - 

By Manufacturers of Britannia and Silver-plated ware. 

By -those who make Tin, and Japanned goods, and by 
workers in metals generally. 

For heating soldering-coppers, it possesses these advan¬ 
tages over ordinary charcoal fire-pots: cleanliness, safety, 
convenience, and cheapness; no time of men is lost in build¬ 
ing or keeping up the fife; the flame is more fully under 
control; by turning on much or little gas a very hot or low 
fire is obtained; when the workman has finished, the gas can 
be shut off at once, and the fire entirely stopped, thus 
economizing the fuel; again, the room is never filled with 
smoke and foul gas as often happens when charcoal is used, 
caused by a bad draft of the chimney or contrary winds; 
nor are the floors and benches littered with coal or dust and 
ashes. We have used this gas at our own factory for doing 
all the heating and soldering required in the manufacture of 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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A THOUSAND LIGHT SPRINGFIELD MACHINE LIGHTING 
THE U. S. AEMORY AT SPKINGFIELD, MASS. 

National Armory, Springfield, Maas., \ 
March Uth 1871. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Proprietors of the Springfield Gas Machine. 

Gentlemen : In reply to your note, I have to say, that one of 
your Gas Generating Machines has been in operation at this 
Armory some three years, and that it has given satisfaction in 
every respect. Your obedient servant, 

J. G. Benton, Bvt. Col. Commanding. 


Office of Finishing Dep’t., National Armory, \ 
Springfield, Mass ., November 20th, 1866. \ 
To Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: The following estimate of the comparative cost of 
Naphtha and Coal Gas is copied from a report made by me to Col. 
Laidley, Commandant of this post, on the 19th of August, 1865. It 
is as accurate as an estimate of such magnitude can be : 
Amount of Naphtha consumed in 36 days preceding the 18th day 
of August, 1865, 350 gallons, producing 2,000 feet of gas daily, 
or a total of 72,000 feet. 

Cost of 72,000 feet Naphtha Gas, 350 gallons 

Naphtha at 32 cents, .... $112 00 

Cost of 72,000 feet Coal Gas (its equivalent) at 

$4.50 per 1,000,.$324 00 

Difference fn favor of Naphtha Gas, net saving 

in 36 days of. $212 00 


$324 00 $324 00 

Cost of Naphtha Gas per thousand feet, $1.55. 

I will take this occasion to add that we have used this gas for 
about two years for brazing purposes, and for melting pots of lead 
and other metals. We have by its use brazed the sights to as 
many as eleven hundred musket barrels in a day. I consider it 
not only more convenient but also more economical for these pur¬ 
poses than is coal or any other fuel. 

Charles E. Bailey, Foreman. 


Office of the Forging and Finishing Dept., ) 
National Armory, Springfield, Mass., April 23<i, 1868. f 
J. F. Barker, Treasurer. 

Dear Sir : I have lately made several tests to determine accu¬ 
rately the cost of gas as manufactured by your gas machine, and 
find that my former report is fully substantiated. 

Respectfully yours, Chas, E, Bailey, Foreman. 






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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


our gas machines, and also other work, such as the making 
of galvanized iron tanks, barrels, cans, &c., for the last six 
years—our experience is, that this gas is not only preferable 
for the reasons mentioned, but also, all things considered, 
cheaper than charcoal or any other kind of fuel. 

In many private houses this Gas is burned in 
open fireplaces, instead of wood or coal, heating the room 
sufficiently in moderate weather. These gas logs are cov¬ 
ered with Asbestos—in form representing a log or bundle 
of sticks, and are pierced with small holes through which 
the gas passes; when lighted the whole mass glows and 
flames up, thus counterfeiting closely an open wood fire, and 
producing a very beautiful, cheerful effect 

THE AMOUNT OF CAKE THAT THESE MACHINES 
REQUIRE 

is scarcely worthy of mention. The gas generator of an ap¬ 
paratus of ordinary size does not require filling oftener than 
from two to four times a year—a trifling matter. Aside from 
this, the only attention demanded is the elevating of the 
weight in the cellar as often as it runs down—once or twice 
a week, according to how rapidly gas is burned. A moderate 
sized machine, suitable for a dwelling, will really require less 
care to keep it in perfect order than will one kerosene lamp : 
ten or fifteen minutes a week is sufficient. 

To explain clearly and in detail the plan upon which our 
machine is constructed, and how it operates, is a matter of 
some difficulty; nor is this important to the average in¬ 
quirer. 

Sufficient to know, that by its use, with very little care, 
at small expense, and with perfect safety, he can rely on get¬ 
ting an abundant light at all times. Many, however, will 
desire a more full explanation. For these we give the 
following 


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RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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The American Sterling Co., ) 
Nattbuc (near Hartford), Conn., December‘Id, 1873. I 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : We have had one of your (500 light) Gas Ma¬ 
chines in use over two years, and in every instance it has given 
satisfaction. The light is strong, steady and brilliant, and we have 
found it to work well, both for hard and soft metal soldering. The 
furnace for soldering and brazing is the best of the kind we have 
ever seen, and we cheerfully recommend its use to all those inter¬ 
ested. 

Yours truly, 

H. J. Anderson, Sup’t., 

American Sterling Co. 


Manning, Bowman & Co., 
Manufacturers of Silver Plated Goods, etc. 

West Meridan, Conn., December 18 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In answer to your letter, we say, we have used 
your Gas Machine for lighting and heating purposes, over six 
years. We have in our establishment about forty soldering fires, 
and 150 burners for illumination. 

Your Hydraulic Blower furnishes the pressure. It is a perfect 
arrangement; is easily adjusted, and has given us no trouble. 

For manufacturing purposes, we think the gas fully equal to coal gas, 
and the expense, as near as we can estimate, is not more than half 
as much. 

Yours, truly, 

Manning, Bowman & Co. 


A SPEINGEIELD MACHINE IN CONSTANT USE LIGHTING 
A PACTOEY SIX YEAES. 

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., \ 
Manufacturers of Fine Electro-Plated Ware, f 
Salesrooms No. 19 John Street, N. Y., ( 
Wallingford Conn., December 1th, 1873. ' 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: In answer to your letter we can say that the gas 
machine at our factory has worked to our satisfaction. We are 
using some 200 burners for illumination, and about 30 blow pipes 
for soldering purposes. It has been used by us about six years. 
We appreciate it highly. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. 

Samuel Simpson, Prest. 






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DESCRIPTION OF THE SPRINGFIELD MACHINE. 

Referring again to the engraving, npon the first page, we 
see that the apparatus consists of Two Distinct Instru¬ 
ments, the one an air pump in the building lighted, the 
other a gas generator in a vault outside. 

Let us examine first the air pump. 

Plates No. 2 and No. 3 represent end and side views, j 
when set up and in operation, with weight suspended. 

Plate No. 4 shows a longitudinal sectional view. This I 
pump is built upon the same principle as a meter wheel, ' 
usually known as a wet meter, and until a few years almost 
universally used for measuring gas by public gas companies, 
differing, however, in this, that the meter was revolved by 
the action of gas passing through it, while our pump is 
operated by a weight.— C C is a copper shell, or case sur¬ 
rounding the wheel proper of the pump. This case of the 
pump is provided with a substantial step, or seat, at G ; 
there is also a bearing at H, in which the shaft, J J, re¬ 
volves,—to this the wheel is fastened; on this shaft is a 
spiral spring, A, for the purpose of operating the pump 
during the process of winding the weight. 

The wheel of the pump is divided longitudinally into four 
spiral compartments, each of which has an opening, or lip, 
at the front for the admission of air, seen at L and J/, and at 
the rear, for its expulsion, at N and 0. Through the opening 
P and Q , and the tube A, air is admitted from without to 
the pump. S is the main air pipe, leading to the gas 
generator. When the pump is set in place, ready for opera- 
tion, it is filled with water at the cup ^Tto the line U TJ, and 
shown in Plates 2, 3, 5, and 6, by the guage G. Air enters 
through the openings P and Q , and tube A, filling all those 
compartments, or such portion of them as are above the 
water line as the wheel, actuated by the weight, revolveSj 
the lips of these several compartments pass under the water, 





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thus sealing the air within and preventing its escape, except : 
through the opening in the rear of the pump and the air pipe ; 
&. As one compartment is emptying, another is filling, 
which in turn empties itself, thus each chamber alternately 
filling and emptying, a constant pressure of air through the 
air pipe, gas generator, and upon the burners in the house is 
maintained. 

This air pump is an exceedingly simple, reliable appara- ' 
tus ; the uniform power of the weight insures constancy of 
pressure upon the burners. As seen in Plates No. 2 and 3, 
the wire cable sustaining the weight, passes immediately 
to the roll of the pump; thus communicating the power 
direct and without the intervention of geared wheels or other 
appliances. 

RETAINING- POWER SPRING. 

The spiral spring K drives the pump , and sus¬ 
tains the lights while the weight is being wound up , 
upon the same principle that the retaining power spring of a 
watch operates its works while the watch is being wound. 

The value of this nice arrangement of a spring for sus¬ 
taining the lights while winding the pump, cannot be too 
highly estimated, for as the weight descends with rapidity 
proportioned to the number of burners used, it follows— 
that when one’s house is fully and brilliantly lighted, and 
especially when all the burners are used until late in the 
night,—if through neglect the weight has not been elevated 
during the day, it may happen, that at such times the weight 
will be down. If this occurs before the lights are put out 
and they are extinguished in consequence, it would be very 
mortifying, especially as this would probably take place 
when one’s house is full of guests. A machine lacking this 
automatic device is only partially complete. 

These pumps operate so steadily, that no regulator or gas 
holder, to make the pressure uniform is needed; they are 






RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Newburgh, February 27th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manup’g Co. 

Dear Sirs : It gives me pleasure to add my testimony to the 
entire success of the Springfield Gas Machine, affording at a much 
less expense all the advantages of the gas furnished in the city of 
New York. I consider it an entirely safe method of lighting a 
country house. By the use of the argand burner, a steady light is 
insured without smoke or odor. Applied to a gas log it gives all the 
warmth and cheerful appearance of a wood fire; and what was at first 
considered a luxury has become a necessity to the comfort of our 
country home. 

I am yours, very respectfully, Laura A. Fellows. 


VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL FEOM HON. CHAELES DELANO. 

Northampton, Mass., March 9th, 1872. 
Mr. J. F. Barker, Treas. 

Dear Sir : I cheerfully certify to the excellent operation of the 
“Springfield Gas Machine,” which you furnished to my house in 
the summer of 1870. 

Its capacity (40 burners) and all adjustments were so well de¬ 
vised, and the setting up so skillfully executed, that I have not 
thus far been the victim of a single disappointment; and yet I 
hear of other patents about me, whose action is capricious and un¬ 
reliable, and whose lights are almost sure to prove treacherous, and 
bring the householder to grief at just those luckless junctions 
where disaster seems ridiculous; perhaps in the full tide of an eve¬ 
ning’s entertainment, or when no adequate substitutes are at hand. 
The “Springfield Machine” has never served me in this manner. 
I frequently have all the burners in blast at once, and the machine 
yields a steady and even flow of gas, and the light is brilliant and 
agreeable. I would not willingly exchange it for any other port¬ 
able apparatus with which I am acquainted. 

I am, respectfully yours, Charles Delano. 


Ansonia Brass and Copper Co., ) 
Ansonia, Conn., December 15th, 1873. i 
Gilbert & Barker Manup’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Yours of the 11th inst. is received. In 1868 we 
lighted our Brass Mill with one of your Gas Machines, and liked it 
so well that in 1869 we ordered another machine for our Clock 
Shop. Both machines are in successful operation now, and if we 
wanted another, should give your machine the preference over any 
other that we are at present acquainted with. 

Yours, respectfully, J. H. Bartholomew, Agent. 

6%^ The above machines spoken of, are one 200 and one 300 
light machines. 






26 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


made entirely of copper (excepting the frame and roll, which 
is iron), and in the most thorough and substantial manner. 
They are of such large capacity that they do not require 
winding usually oftener than once or twice a week, which is 
easily done, and requires but a moment’s time. This, and a 
little oiling of the bearings once in a month or two, is all the 1 
care they require. They revolve only when the gas is burn¬ 
ing ; when all the burners are closed they remain stationary, 
but instantly start again when the gas is lighted. The move¬ 
ment of these pumps is very slow (they do not make, when 
working to their full capacity, more than from fifteen to 
twenty-five revolutions to the hour); being simply and strong-. 
ly made, it is almost impossible that they should get out of 
order, or fail to work properly. The metal of which they 
are constructed (copper), will not rust or corrode, and as there 
is so little friction or wear upon them, they should be just 
as good and serviceable at the end of a long period of years I 
as when first put up. 

As they contain no gasolene or inflamable material (noth¬ 
ing but water), they may be safely placed in any part of a * 
building most convenient, and where such little attention as 
they require can be easily given them. Plates No. 5 and 6 
show end and side views of our five hundred light air pump. 
They are, in all respects, similar to the pumps shown in Plates 
No. 2 and 3, excepting that, being larger, and the weight 
required to operate them being so much heavier (the weight j 
is 5,000 lbs.), we attach the small pinion P, connected with 
the large winding drum Z>, thus giving greater leverage to 
the crank, and enabling a man to elevate the weight without 
difficulty. 

The pumps just described, are such as are commonly used 
by us in lighting buildings; but where water-power is attain¬ 
able we have another instrument, which we often use in 
place of them, especially in lighting mills and factories. This 
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RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Swabthmore College (near Philadelphia), / 
12 th month, 1 6th, 1870. ) 

Respected Friend: Thee asks how we are satisfied with the 
Springfield Gas Machine: 

I may reply that we are now using over five hundred burners, and 
have no kind of difficulty in securing a good light in every part of 
the College. 

The machine has never given us any trouble; neither have we had 
any accident of the most trifling character. I shall therefore take 
great pleasure in recommending it to all who need such light, and 
am Very respectfully yours, 

Thomas S. Foulke, Sup't. 

’o Geo. W. Hulme, Agent 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf'g Go. 

No. 12 North Seventh St., Phila. 


Fairfield, Conn., February 1 §th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : It affords me pleasure to comply with your request, 
that I should give you my opinion of the “Springfield Gas Ma¬ 
chine.” It appears to me that it is about as near perfection in its 
action and results as human ingenuity can attain, hi the power, 
brilliancy , and steadiness of its light, it is unsurpassed by any other 
!iS that I have seen. I have now used the machine in my house 
nearly nine months, and during that time have consumed about 
four barrels of gasolene, say 186 gallons or 31,000 feet of gas, cost¬ 
ing me $46, or 1.50 per thousand feet. I placed my gas generator 
in a vault under ground, and the air pump in the cellar, conse¬ 
quently the light has not been affected by the severest weather. 
The machine is entirely satisfactory, and I cheerfully recommend it. 

Respectfully yours, E. Pierson. 


Nissequaque, Long Island , May 29 th, 1872. 
To the Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

I have had the Springfield Gas Machine in use for over a year, 
and am well satisfied with it. The light is brilliant and pleasant to 
read by: I consider it as safe as any other gas. The only care it 
gives me is to keep a supply of gasolene in the generator (which is 
easily done), and to wind up the weight. I can cheerfully recom¬ 
mend your machine. 

Caleb T. Smith. 


M. Birdsall, Esq., of Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y.. under date 
of October 25th, 1873, writes : 

“The gas is elegant , the Apparatus works to my entire satisfac¬ 
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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


OUR HYDRAULIC BLOWER, 

See Plate No. 8, (and for sectional view, Plate No. 7). It j 
consists of two copper vessels, one inverted in the other, to 
which are attached pipes as shown. It is usually set upon , 
the basement floor, or in the wheel pit of the mill, to be 
lighted, or wherever it may be most convenient to supply it 
with water. 

The injection pipe A, brings water from the flume, or a 
whatever the source of supply may be, to the blower. This 
pipe is fitted with the nozzle B, through which the water ! 
rushes, falling through the larger pipe C\ in so doing, air is 
drawn in at the suction pipe D, both water and air fall to- i 
gether into the inverted vessel F, where the air is confined. j 
The water passes off through the discharge pipe F Through 
the pipe 6r, air is conveyed to the gas generator. 

It is evident that the hydraulic blower can not be used, ex- j 
cept there be a supply of water • but when a head of water of 
four feet or more is obtained, it can be used with the utmost j 
satisfaction. We call attention to the simplicity of this in- , 
strument, and the fact that no mechanism intervenes between ; 
the power and the use made of it , no pullies, wheels, or other I 
appliances ; in consequence, the pressure of the current of air j 
is perfectly uniform, as steady as the flow ©f the water; no jj 
care or attention is required, there is nothing to get out of :• 
order; being made of copper it will last a life time. The 
power of this instrument for producing a blast of air is won- j j 
derful. The largest mill of 500 or 1,000 burners is as readily J 
lighted as one of fifty. Nor is any very considerable vol- j! 
ume of water needed to operate it. We use as supply 
pipes for these blowers, pipes varying from an inch to four j, 
inches, according to the head of water and number of burn- j 
ers to be lighted; for instance, under a head of forty feet the 
amount of water that will be discharged through an opening 
J of an inch in diameter, will maintain a pressure of air suf- ; 




THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


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PLATE No. 7. 


SECTIONAL VIEW OF HYDRAULIC BLOWER. 


Injection Tipe> 



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HYDRAULIC BLOWER 



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RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Leeds, Mass., March 1st, 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: The 25 light Springfield Gas Machine you put in 
to my house a year ago last fall is lighting my own house, also the 
house of my nearest neighbor, to our entire satisfaction: it is a per¬ 
fect success in every respect. I would say the same of the 200 and 
300 light machines put into the mills of the Nonotuck Silk Co., 
with hydraulic blower, the simplicity and efficiency of which could not 
be equalled by any other method. 

Very respectfully yours, 

L. Dimock. 


Office of the Nonotuck Sidk Co. | 
Florence, Hampshire Go., Mass., March 1th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The Springfield Gas Machine procured of you a 
year ago last October, has met fully our expectations. The 
“ Hydraulic Blower ” works to a charm, and with little or no trouble 
in keeping it adjusted. Truly yours, 

A. T, Lilly, Treasurer. 


Rainbow, Conn., March 13 th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 

SpHngfield , Mass. 

Gentlemen : Referring to your letter of inquiry, our past ex¬ 
perience warrants us in saying of your machine, that it is the best 
thing we have ever seen. The Hydraulic Blowei' works vet'y nicely, and 
furnishes an abundant and even supply of air . It gives us no trouble 
whatever , 

Very truly yours, 

Hodge Brothers, 

Paper Manufacturers. 


Smith Paper Co., Columbia Paper Mill, ) 
Lee, Mass., March 13^, 1872. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : My reason for neglecting to answer your letter is 
this, I wished to give the machine a fair trial. I have watched it 
carefully for several months, and it has worked to our entire satis¬ 
faction. I consider it one of the most perfect working machines 
I ever saw. 

Yours, respectfully, 


F. Hollister, Sup’t. 











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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


ficient to supply from 75 to 100 burners with gas; by open¬ 
ing the cock H, much or little, any desired pressure is ob¬ 
tained. 

Manufacturers using water power, and having large 
works to light, are especially requested to note the simpli¬ 
city and effectiveness of this instrument. Where the hy¬ 
draulic blower is used, of course, the air pump operated by 
a weight is not required. 

In putting up machines, we furnish either apparatus, the 
air pump and generator, or hydraulic blower and generator, 
as best suited to the wants of the customer, or as he may 
prefer. 

OUR GAS GENERATOR 

is shown in Plate No. 9. It is here represented as placed in 
a vault, ready for use. 

This generator is well adapted for its work, is made of 
pure copper, of large capacity, and so arranged as to give 
the greatest possible evaporating surface to the action of the 
air. Strictly speaking, it is a compound gas generator; is 
made up of a number of evaporating pans or chambers 
placed in a cylinder, one above another, (see sectional Plate 
No. 10). These chambers are divided by frames (which 
support the several pans), into sinuous passages, a sectional 
view of which is shown in Plate No. 11. Upon these frames, 
in these passages, a suitable capillary material is stretched. A , 
in Plate No. 9, is the pipe for filling the generator with gas¬ 
olene, D is a vent pipe. The pipe conveying air from the 
air pump or hydraulic blower, as the case may be, enters the 
generator at B , the tubes C C, (Engraving No. 10), connect 
the several chambers of the generator. The guages DD, in¬ 
dicate the amount of fluid in each ; jPis a cock inserted into 
the bottom pan. The valves G G, attached to the tube H, 
communicate with each chamber of the generator; they are 
to be used only when the apparatus is being replenished 


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Shelburn Falls, Mass., March Is/, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manur’d Co. 

Gentlemen : In answer to your inquiry as to my experience with 
the Springfield Gas Machine, I am glad to say, that I have now 
used the machine you put up at my house five years next May. 
With it I light not only my own house, and barn, some 200 feet 
distant, but have also run a pipe over to my Uncle’s house across 
the street, and for the last year and a half have furnished him gas 
also. We have an iron post and lantern in the street between the 
houses, which lights up the road and entrance to our gates. I have 
also used the larger machine (100 burners it is rated for, I believe), 
in lighting my block of stores on the main street in this town, four 
years next August. Each occupant has a meter, and pays his gas 
bill to me quarterly, as he would to a “grinding, heartless” coal 
gas corporation, if he lived in the city. I own all the stock in this 
company. I am President, Treasurer, Secretary, Superintendent, 
Director, Meter Inspector, &c. I can bear or bull, over-issue, 
withdraw or manipulate stock at pleasure. In short, this stock is 
about the best thing, and gives me the least trouble of any I have. 
My tenants sometimes jokingly call me a “soulless corporation,” 
yet as I furnish them gas at only half the price they would have to 
pay for coal gas, they are very well satisfied. Both of my ma¬ 
chines work well; they give me a splendid light. I am giad to 
recommend them whenever I have opportunity. 

Very truly yours, 

Nathaniel Lamson. 




Florence Manuf’d Co., j 
Florence, Mass., March 5th, 1872. f 

J. F. Barker, Treas. 

Dear Sir : Yours of the 2d, is at hand, and in reply will say: 
The Gas Machine put in for me some two years ago, works well, 
and to my entire satisfaction, and I have no hesitation in saying, 
for a portable gas machine yours beats them all. 

Yours, respectfully, 

I. S. Parsons. 


Florence, Mass., March 21s/, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manur’d Co. 

Gentlem ;n : I have used your Gas Machine for the past eight¬ 
een months, and have enjoyed a soft, steady, and cheap light. The 
machine is all you recommend it to be. 

Truly yours, 


A. Sheffield. 








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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


with fluid. The main gas pipe leading to the building to be 
lighted, is attached at K, the cocks L and M, Engraving No. 
9, are for shutting off the pressure of aijr or gas, whenever 
desired. Supposing the generator to be set in position in the 
vault, and the pipes connected, it is then filled with gasolene 
through the rubber tubing and pipe from the barrel, as shown, 
from two to twenty-five barrels being emptied at once, ac¬ 
cording to the size of the generator. In opening the two 
way cock IV", to allow the gasolene to run into the generator, 
it will be seen that the vent pipe is opened at the same time , 
thus affording a free escape for the air or gas that is dis¬ 
placed by the fluid, and preventing any strain upon the gen¬ 
erator, or backward pressure of the gas upon the air pump 
in the cellar of the house. 

The gasolene, as it enters the generator, fills the uppermost 
chamber first, to the top of the overflow tube (7, (Plate No. 
10). This tube allows of its passage to the next chamber be- ■ 
low, this in turn filling, afterward the one below this, and so 
on successively until all are filled, and the fluid appears in 
the lowest chamber at, say, two-thirds the hight of the 
lowest guage. 

The filling cock IV, then being shut, the apparatus is ready 
for use. Air, forced by the pump or hydraulic blower, enters 
the generator at A, passes over the fluid and through the 
meshes of fibrous capillary material, now thoroughly satura¬ 
ted with gasolene, back and forth through the subdivisions 
of this chamber, as shown by the arrows in Plate No. 11, 
then up through the tube (7, to the next chamber above, 
winding through this in a similar manner, afterwards through 
the chamber still above this, and so on, until finally becom¬ 
ing thoroughly impregnated with the vapor arising from 
the gasolene, it is delivered a richly carbureted air gas, 
through the gas tube AJ to the burners of the building 
lighted. The advantages of building a gas generator upon 
the plan above explained, are, that in exposing a number of 






PATENTED, January 8th, 1867} July 16th, 1867 / April 21st, 1868; August 3rd, 1869 / 

June 6th, 1871» 



EVAPORATING CHAMBERS. 























































PLATE No. II 


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Recommendations. 


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Lowell Steam and Gas Pipe Works. ) 
Lowell, Mass., March 12th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Mantjf’g Co., 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : In answer to your letter requesting a statement 
from us, as to the cost of gas made by your machine, we say that, 
as you are aware, we were already supplied with coal gas; but our 
immediate object in purchasing the machine was to satisfy our¬ 
selves, by careful practical tests, as to the cost of gas made from 
gasolene, in comparison with the city gas which we had been using. 
With this end in view, we so arranged our pipes that we could use 
either kind of gas at will, by simply opening one cock and shutting 
another. We uniformly use a given number of burners, and our 
tests were made by using each kind of gas for a month alternately. 
With coal gas at $3.50 per thousand feet, the monthly cost was 
$10.42. With gas made by your machine, equal in illuminating 
power and reliability, the cost was $5.28 per month. With this 
result we can not afford to use the coal gas, therefore we shall continue 
to use this machine, as long as the results of its operation are in all 
respects as satisfactory as they have been for the past five years. 

Very respectfully yours, 

H. B. Barker & Co. 


Spring Valley, Rockland Co., N. T., February 14 th, 1872. 

C. N. Gilbert, Esq., General Agent. 

Dear Sir : I take pleasure in saying that after using my Gas 
Machine nineteen months, burning winter and summer during the 
extremes of cold and heat every night, it has never failed to give me 
the most beautifid light , without any exception , that I have ever ex¬ 
perienced, with very little trouble, and at a nominal expense. 

Very respectfully yours, 

G. B. Hammond, M. D. 


New York, December 14 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Mantjp’g Co., 

238 Canal street, N. Y. 

Gentlemen: In reply to your favor of the 12th inst., I would 
say that the Gas Machine you put up for me some two years ago, has 
given me perfect satisfaction in every respect. I have taken pleasure 
in recommending it to some of my friends who are now building. 

Yours, very truly, 

H. W. COLLENDER. 

738 Broadway, N. Y. 







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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


chambers holding a large quantity of fluid to the re¬ 
frigeration consequent upon rapid evaporation, this effect 
is lessened proportionally to the extent of the evaporat¬ 
ing surface, and quantity of fluid exposed. For instance, 
supposing that a gas generator of a certain size is re¬ 
quired to supply five burners with gas, it follows, that 
to furnish fifty burners a generator proportionately large 
should be used. The chilling effect produced by the 
rapid evaporation necessary to supply a large number of 
burners with gas, when concentrated upon a small body 
of fluid, accounts for the fact that many machines which work 
fairly well when only a few burners are in use, fail utterly 
when one’s house is fully lighted, and a much greater number 
are burning. Other things being equal, the larger the gas 
generator , the stronger and more uniform will he the quality 
of gas furnished , and proportionally reliable the machine. 

We build our gas generator of a series of separate 
chambers, placed one above the other, not only on account 
of the more compact form of this arrangement, but because 
in this way better results are secured. In order that we may 
be understood, we will premise our remarks by stating that 
gasolene is not composed of homogeneous particles, but 
rather of those of different specific gravities; for example, 
suppose we were to analyze gasolene of 86° gravity, we 
should find it to consist of a mixture of fluids of all gravities, 
from 70° to 90°, the average of all being 86°. The light¬ 
est particles of this fluid evaporate most freely; the heavier 
gravities less rapidly. 

Let us now suppose the generator to be filled with fluid 
and the machine to be in operation. Air, forced by the 
pump, enters the generator at A, and comes in contact with 
the fluid in the lowest chamber first, afterwards with that in 
the chamber next above, and so on successively until it 
passes out through the gas pipe K, to the building lighted, 
the gasolene evaporates freely, and a good rich light is pro- 


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The following flattering testimonial from the pen of Mr. J. W. 
Gardner, the successful agent of the Shelburn Falls Cutlery Works, 
is worthy of a careful perusal, as his opinion is entitled to more 
than usual weight. 


Lamson & Goodnow Manuf’g Co. \ 
New York Office, 1Vo. 53 Beekman Street. V 
Shelburn Fades, Mass., March ls£, 1872. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In August, 1868, I put in one of your Springfield 
Gas Machines in my house in this village ; since that time I have 
had it in constant use, my house is elegantly lighted in every part. 
The gas I consider far superior to local gas ; it gives a rich, strong 
and mellow light, and is very cheap, not costing more than one 
half the price of coal gas. The machine requires very little care, 
works uniformly and steadily, and in my opinion is as safe a means 
of lighting as is coal gas. All the inflammable material is kept 
in a vault outside the building. I consider it a great comfort, and 
do not wonder that so many are adopting this simple and effective 
means of lighting their country homes. 

Since I bought my machine, the First Baptist Society in this 
place have put in a 100 light machine to light their church, which 
does its work well. We have also put into our Factory two appa¬ 
ratus, which we use for heating purposes with much satisfaction 
and economy. Your machine I consider the best of any that I 
have seen, and congratulate you upon having perfected so simple 
and perfect an instrument. 

Very truly yours, 

J. W. Gardner, 

Agent, Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co. 


“ Watebnook,” 

Hartford, Conn., February 29 ih, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

• Gentlemen : I have had your Gas Machine in constant use for 
five years , and in every respect it has given perfect satisfaction. 
I cheerfully recommend it for use both in city and country ; in the 
latter it is absolutely indispensable, and in the former its superior 
quality of light, and economy over coal gas, should commend it to 
aU. 

Very truly yours, 


F, W. Bussell, 










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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


duced. However, after a while, at the end of, say, from two 
to six months (according to the rapidity with which gas is 
consumed), we find the gasolene nearly exhausted, and that 
what remains is of a denser, heavier grade. The generator 
now needs replenishing; but before this is done the valves 
G G , on the tube H, are opened, and the fluid yet remaining 
in the several chambers of the generator, is allowed to run 
down into the lowest pans. 

These valves are now closed, and the upper chambers are 
filled with fresh gasolene through the pipe A , as previously 
described. 

The machine is now ready for use again. The air from 
the pump, as stated before, enters at B, absorbs'a portion 
of the old, heavy fluid contained in the lower chambers, and 
becomes partially charged with carbon, and afterward in 
passing upward through the chambers containing the light 
fluid, it becomes further enriched before it is delivered to 
the burners. In this way, by exposing the heavy grades of 
gasolene continually to a current of fresh air ,— 

THE WHOLE OF THE FLUID IS USED UP, 

and a good, rich, uniform quality of gas is produced, a 
result that could not be obtained, were the generator com¬ 
posed of only a single chamber. 

Having thus briefly described our machine, we wish now 
to call attention to its . distinguishing characteristics, and 
especially to the extreme simplicity of the apparatus and ease 
of management. Supposing an apparatus of size suited to 
light a dwelling to be set up ready for use, the air pump in 
the cellar of tbe house, the gas generator in a vault fifty feet 
distant, two or three barrels of gasolene are now emptied 
into the gas generator, and the weight of the pump is 
wound up,—we then go through the house, apply a torch to 
the burners, and instantly a full flow of the purest gas and 
richest light is the result, from as many or few burners as 



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Ridgefield Park, \ 

On Midland Railroad, N. J., v 
December 22 d, 1873. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In April, 1872, I purchased one of your No. 4 
Gas Machines, for my house in this place. This machine has filled 
your contract, and has given me a safe, sure, and abundant light 
to all the burners on my place, at all seasons of the year. After 
using this machine one year with perfect success, I put one of 
your 250 light Machines into the Ridgefield Parle Hotel. This ma¬ 
chine has been in operation one whole season, frequently operating 
all the burners in the house, most of the night, at public enter¬ 
tainments, and has never failed for a moment. 1 have found that 
your machines use up all the gasolene ; never having taken a drop 
from either of them, and am happily disappointed in this respect. 
I consider your Machine just the thing needed for country houses, 
both public and private, and would recommend them as being 
safe, economical, and thoroughly reliable. 

R. A. Robertson. 


Office oV Welliamstown Manuf’g Co. (Cotton Mills), ) 
Welliamstown, Mass., March 19 th, 1873. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In reply to yours of the 27th ult. would say, the 
machine furnished by you four years ago, is giving satisfaction. 
We cannot more than reiterate the statement given you a year ago. 
You are at liberty to state that the machine has been used four 
years, and has supplied 280 lights, giving a good, steady light at a 
low expense, and that the gasolene is entirely consumed, leaving no 
Itfaste ; in short, that it has proved to be all you recommended it. 

Yours, truly, 

S. Southworth, Treas. 

- • 

Menomonee, Dunn Go., Wisconsin, ) 
January 10 th, 1872. j 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : The Gas Machine you put in the Congregational 
church, in this village, in July last, has worked well, and given en¬ 
tire satisfaction. 

The No. 3 Machine you put in my house in August last, works 
equally well, and requires no other attention then winding the 
weight, and supplying the gas generator once in three or four 
months with good gasolene. It is a simple, efficient, and, I believe 
decidedly, the best gas machine in use. 

Yours truly, 


John H. Knapp. 











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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


we choose to light; the gas being manufactured as fast as 
wanted, when we are through with it, we shut the cocks at 
the burners, and the process of manufacture ceases. 

NO FIRE OR HEAT IS USED,— 

no daily labor of making gas is required; when, the weight 
runs down—may be once or twice a week—it must be ele¬ 
vated, other than this no care is required, until the fluid in 
the gas generator is exhausted,—two to six months hence— 
according to how rapidily the gas is burned. When the 
hydraulic blower is used in place of the air pump, operated 
by the weight, even less attention is demanded; as has al¬ 
ready been shown, there is no machinery in this instrument 
The flow of water through the injection pipe produces a 
constant pressure upon the burner. } 

The entire care required in making gas for the largest 
establishment is simply to keep the generator supplied with 
gasolene. The gas is always ready to light; when the 
burners are shut off the process of manufacture ceases until 
they are lighted again. 

THE ADVANTAGES OF BUILDING THE MACHINES^ 
IN TWO INSTRUMENTS, 

and the plan w£ have adopted of setting the air pump 
within the house and the gas generator in a vault outside 
and removed from the building, are apparent to any one. 
So arranged that portion of the apparatus that requires 
any care, is convenient of access, is located in a warm, dry 
place, where the water, contained in the pump, will not 
freeze in cold weather, and where the cord, pullies, &c. of 
the machine are not liable to rust. Any servant who has 
care of the furnace or fires in the house can, in connection 
with his other duties, occasionally wind the weight of the 
pump. We have stated before, that there is no gas nor in- 
flamable material at any time in this pump, therefore the 


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New Brighton, Beaver Co ., Penn., April 29 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., Springfield , Mass. 

J. F. Barker, Treasurer, 

Dear Sir: During the latter part of October, 1871, one of your 
Gas Machines was put in operation in my dwelling house at this 
place. It has worked to perfection all of the time; I am delighted 
with it, and could not now be persuaded to dispense with it. We 
have as good a light as can be produced with gas in all the rooms 
of my house, and with much less labor than is necessary to keep in 
order one oil lamp. I am yet unable to estimate the cost per thou¬ 
sand feet of gas, but do not think it will exceed the cost you 
estimate; and were it double that amount, I would not now hesitate 
in adopting it. 

I feel obliged to you for enabling me to have so great a conven¬ 
ience in my house. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

W. P. Townsend. 


Hatfield, Mass., March 12 th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The fifty-light machine put in my house by you 
last April, has worked to my entire satisfaction, giving a soft, steady, 
yet brilliant light, one burner giving as much light as two kerosene 
lamps in their best trim. The machine has given me no more 
trouble than an eight-day clock.- I spend perhaps two minutes per 
week in winding it up. The expense I have not ascertained yet, as 
I have not replenished the carburetor since the machine was put in mo¬ 
tion, but am satisfied that it is not as expensive as kerosene oil. I 
think it the best Gas Machine in use. 

Yours, very truly, 

A. H. Graves. 


Office of Olendorf & Case (Tea Brokers), ) 
91 Wall Street, N. Y., April 30th, 1872. ) 
Gilbert <fc Barker Manuf’g Co. 

No. 238 Canal Street, New York. 

Gentlemen : In reply to your note regarding the operation of 
the Gas Machine you put in for me at my country house in New 
Brunswick, N. J., I have to say, I am perfectly satisfied. In all 
respects it works admirably, gives no trouble, and the light is 
better than any other gas I know of. I don’t believe it can be 
excelled. 

Yours, truly, 


John Olendorf. 






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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


risk from fire is not increased by reason of so locating it. 
The gas generator, containing the gasolene, we place for 
safety’s sake in a vault outside and removed from the build¬ 
ing any desired distance, and in most cases in a vault under¬ 
ground. So arranged, it is entirely concealed from view , 
grounds or lawns are not defaced with any little out-build¬ 
ings ; nothing appears above the surface of the ground but 
the door of the vault, and this on a level with it. And 
again, in a vault so situated the temperature is very nearly 
the same the entire year, varying only a few degrees in sum¬ 
mer from that of mid-win ter, consequently a very uniform 
quality of gas is produced; and further, when the generator 
is in a vault under ground, it is easily filled with gasolene 
from the barrel. 

We also are enabled to give to the main air and gas pipes 
a pitch downward from the point where they enter the build¬ 
ing to the gas generator, and as it is usually much colder in 
the ground through which the pipes pass, than in any portion 
of the building lighted, it follows that all those vapors that 
are liable to be condensed under this temperature are here pre- 
cipitated ) and return through the incline of the pipes to the 
generator. The gas which enters the building is thus rendered 
practically a permanent gas , and any danger of condensation 
is effectually prevented. 

In many gas machines the air pump and gas generator 
are not separated, are both attached to one frame, are parts 
of the same instrument designed to be set and used together. 
This class of machine must, in order to meet the requirements 
of the Fire Underwriters, be placed in a building outside the 
building lighted. When so situated, the water contained-in 
the pump is liable to freeze in cold weather, and the machine 
fails to operate in consequence; or if the apparatus be set in 
a vault so far under ground as to prevent this liability, such 
vault is almost sure to be damp or wet This being the case, 
the iron work of the machine, the cord, pul lies, &c. become 


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Agawam, Hampden Co., Mass., January 30 th, 1869. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: I believe I am the only person in this town who 
enjoys the luxury of a gas-light. Thanks to your Company and 
the admirable machine they manufacture, my house is as well 
lighted in every part as if lighted with coal-gas, and in my 
opinion as safely too, as all the gasolene is stored in the gen¬ 
erator in a vault under ground, and some forty feet distant. 

Wishing you success, 1 am very truly yours, 

Geo. L. Wrigb,t, 


First National Bank of Hudson, ) 
Hudson, AT". F., March 7th, 1873. I 
C. N. Gilbert, General Agent. 

Dear Sir: The works you placed in my house last fall, have 
proved all you represented, and have given entire satisfaction thus 
far, notwithstanding the extreme cold winter. Mercury at 25 degrees 
below zero, and no condensation, light uniform, and on hand at all 
times. 

Truly yours, 

Samuel T. Du Bois, 

Vice-President. 


Crescent Paper Mills at Russell, Mass ., 1 
Office of Chapin & Gould, Proprietors, r 
Springfield, Mass., March 25th, 1872. ) 
Mr. J. F. Barker, Treasurer 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sir : We put into our Paper Mill at Russell, Mass., one 
of the Springfield Gas Machines in 1868, and found it to be all 
that it had been represented to be, giving a strong and agreeable 
light, and was managed -without any trouble. Our mill was burned 
in December, 1870, during a night in which a high wind prevailed, 
yet there was no explosion of gas, nor any fear of it. We are now 
using the same generator in our new mill, and are as well pleased 
with its operation and the light it furnishes as before the fire. 
Yours, truly, 

Chapin & Gould. 


Winchendon, Mass., May 7th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have used one of the Springfield Gas Machines 
in my house for the last jive years, and it has given perfect satis¬ 
faction in every respect. 

E. Murdock. 








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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


dirty and rusty, the machine fails to run free and clear, an 
unsteady, poor light is the consequence, and the apparatus 
speadily wears out. Again, when a machine is so arranged) 
it is most inconveniently set, the owner is then obliged to go 
into the vault almost daily, surely as often as the weight is 
to be elevated, or any attention given to the machine; a dis¬ 
agreeable, uncomfortable necessity, especially in winter, when 
the vault door is likely to be frozen down or covered with 
snow, and dangerous, if the vault be entered in the evening, 
as might be necessary, in order to wind the weight, for the 
temptation is then strong to do so bearing a light. 

The above objections are so serious as to make the suc¬ 
cessful introduction of machines of this class* a great diffi¬ 
culty, in any climate except a tropical one. 


THE SPRINGFIELD MACHINE 

Was first constructed in the manner we have described, 
(see Plate No. 12). A , being the air pump, B, the gas generator, 
both were set upon one iron frame and connected together; 
so arranged, it was open to all the objections above enumer¬ 
ated ; so formidable were they, that we despaired of effecting 
its general and successful introduction, until we discovered 
and perfected our improved arrangement , by which a separa¬ 
tion of the parts was made, and these practical objections 
overcome—by placing the air pump in the cellar of the build 
ing lighted, and the gas generator in a vault outside. 



THE SPBINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


PLATE No. 12. 


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SPKINGEIELD GAS MACHINE 
as originally constructed. 




















































































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TO RECAPITULATE. 

This plan of setting has the following advan¬ 
tages : 

1st. A machine so set is much more conveniently 
arranged. 

2nd. Requires much less care. 

3 d. It is safer. 

4th. It is set at less expense. 

5th. Its successful operation is as certainly as¬ 
sured, during winter as summer. 

Our improved arrrangement is therefore valuable. We 
have secured these advantages by letters patent. 

The placing of an automatic air pump within the building 
lighted , operating in combination with a gas generator , located 
beneath the ground , outside said building , the two connected 
with each other by pipes substantially as shown (by the en¬ 
graving on the 1st page of pamphlet), is covered by our patent. 

We caution manufacturers of machines, and those about to 
purchase, against infringing, as we shall avail ourselves of 
the protection which the law and courts give, to the fullest 
extent. 


PRIVATE COAL OR OIL GAS WORKS. 

Previous to the introduction of air gas machines, many 
small gas works were erected in various parts of the country, 
in which gas was made, through destructive distillation, 
by fire and retorts, from coal or oil, these works are expen¬ 
sive ; the outlay for suitable buildings, for a gas holder, &c., 
is necessarily great. 

These works require considerable care and skill to man¬ 
age. The manufacture of gas for a single dwelling demands 



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Law and Collection Office of J. E. P. Abbott, ) 
Mays Landing, AT. J ., September 20th, 1873. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: I take pleasure in stating that the Gas Machine 
yon put up for me at my residence in September, 1870, works like 
a charm, giving a beautiful and steady light with very little atten¬ 
tion. 

The vault was closed by your Agent when the machine was first put 
in operation, and not opened by any one for a year. I examined the 
gas generator in September, 1871, to see if any more gasolene was 
needed, and found it had plenty to last until Spring, (two barrels 
were put in at the first.) 

Last May I put in a barrel of gasolene, and it has not been 
opened since. The house was closed all of July last; on my return 
I found the machine in perfect order. It is just what is needed in 
country places, and is all that is claimed for it; in fact it is a gem. 
I could not be induced to part with it. 

Yours, truly, 

J. E. P. Abbott. 




Hudson, New York, December 12th, 1873. 


Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 


238 Canal Street, New York. 

Gentlemen: The Springfield Gas Machine you put up for me a 
year ago last fall is more than I was led to expect. I am entirely 
satisfied with it, and wish you abundant success, for you deserve 
it. Last winter was exceedingly cold, but I had all the time as 
good a light as on the day the machine was started. If my testi¬ 
mony is of any value to ydu, you are at liberty to refer to me and 
to use this letter in any way you choose. 

Very truly yours, 

John E. Gillette. 


Birmingham, Conn., February 1 0th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: I have used your Gas Machine since the middle of 
March, 1871, and can say it has fully met my expectations, and I can 
fully recommend it to every one as being in my estimation the best 
Gas Machine invented. 

Very truly yours, 


Henry Somers. 












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nearly as much labor and quite as much skill, as is required 
to make a supply sufficient to furnish a small village. 

The process is in no' sense, automatic: as often as the vol¬ 
ume of gas contained in the holder is exhausted, the retorts 
must be recharged, the fires rekindled, and the labor of 
manufacturing another supply repeated. 

Making gas in this way is disagreeable and expensive ; a 
quantity of coal, ashes, and rubbish almost necessarily ac¬ 
cumulates about the works; the odor arising from them is 
a very serious objection, in many cases, to their introduction. 
Gas manufactured on this plan is also quite expensive, if, in 
addition to the first cost of the materials, be taken into ac¬ 
count, the labor of manufacture, and the expense of repairs 
upon the apparatus—of itself no small item. It must also be 
borne in mind, that in small gas works, the appliances of 
manufacture are never so perfect, nor the yield of gas pro¬ 
portionally so great as is obtained at the large works in cities. 

This class of works is now in a large measure super- 
ceded by our machines, which are preferable for the follow¬ 
ing reasons: 

1st. Their first cost is much less. 

2nd. No expensive out-buildings are required —the 
vault to contain the gas generator is a small and compara¬ 
tively cheap affair underneath the ground, out of sight. 

3d. All the labor and trouble of making gas is 
saved —(the care our machines require is so trifling as to 
be scarce worthy of mention). 

4 th. No odor arises from the manufacture , nor is 
there any' litter or dirt 

5th. Our machines are automatic , the gas is always 
ready to light. 

§th. Rarely are repairs of any kind required. 
Our machines are equally reliable, furnish gas equally good, 
and all things considered, much cheaper. 


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A SPRINGFIELD MACHINE SUBSTITUTED FOR OIL 
CAS WORKS. 

Housatonic, Berkshire Co., Mass. ) 
November 2d, 1873. f 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: In answer to your letter, we reply that about five 
years ago we put in one of your Machines to light the “ Wawbeek 
Mill.” After using this Machine some four years, we were so well 
satisfied with it, that we ordered two more to light our other two 
mills, known as the “Monument Mills. ” We had previously lighted 
these mills with oil gas works, but concluded to adopt your apparatus in 
place of them, as they are self-operating, and no labor is required to 
manufacture the gas . 

In the Monument Mills we use yonr Hydraulic Blower; in the 
Wawbeek, your Air Pump operated by a weight. 

Both styles of apparatus work well; w r e have no trouble with 
them ; they furnish us plenty of light at all times, winter and 
summer, and at very moderate cost. 

Respectfully yours, 

J. M. Seeley, Agent. 


A SPRINGFIELD MACHINE USED IN PLACE OF ROSIN 
CAS WORKS. 

Baldwin Locomotive Works. ) 
Philadelphia, March ±.th, 1873. j 

George W. Hulme, Agent, 

Springfield Gas Machine. 

Dear Shi: The Gas Machine you put up at my country residence, 
near Darby, a year ago last May, furnishes me with an abundant 
and good light, not only for my dwelling, but also for my stables, 
billiard-room, laundry and other buildings. My gardener informs 
me that ten minutes per day is all the time required to attend to the 
Machine, while with the old rosin works they were obliged to make 
gas at least twice a week. I am much pleased with the change. 
Respectfully yours, 

Mathew Baird. 


Unionville, Conn., April 24 th, 1873. 

C. N. Gilbert, Esq., Gen’l Agent. 

My Dear Sir : The Gas Machine which you placed in my resi¬ 
dence, over five years ago, meets my expectations. It works well, 
gives a good, strong light, and is in every way satisfactory. 

Yours, very truly, 


Samuel J. Porter. 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


In many cases where parties arc. already supplied with 
coal or oil gas works, we have supplemented them with a 
portion of our apparatus, furnishing only our gas generator, 
and using the gas holder of the old works as a pump. This 
makes very complete works, and the change is made at a 
moderate expense. 

Within a few years, an effort has been made to introduce 
GAS MACHINES IN WHICH THE UNION OF AIR AND THE VA¬ 
POR OF GASOLENE IS EFFECTED BY THE APPLICATION OF HEAT 
(generated by a gas burner, fed from the.apparatus itself, or 
sometimes by steam obtained from a boiler,) to a small re¬ 
tort, into which the liquid gasolene is introduced under pres¬ 
sure. From this retort the vaporized gasolene is forced into a 
minature gas-holder; daring its passage to this holder the 
mingling of air with the vapor is accomplished. Yalves 
operated by delicate and complicated mechanism, and con¬ 
nected to this holder are alternately opened and closed, thus 
allowing it automatically to fill and empty itself 

Parties introducing this class of machine have claimed 
that the gas introduced by them was a fixed gas , and essen¬ 
tially different from what is commonly known as air gas: 
such is not the case. These machines make gas, in all re¬ 
spects similar to that made by our machines. Gras, however, 
which is generated by fire or steam heat , and afterwards driven 
through cold pipes, is much more liable to condense than if 
generated naturally and without artificial heat. This class 
of machines, while possessing no material advantage in any 
respects over ours, is open to the following objections: 

1st. The gas made by this process is more expensive, as 
much more, as the gas costs which is consumed to operate 
the machine—a very important item—as, in order that the 
machine may be ready to light at any time, the flame which 
generates the vapor must be kept burning continuously day 
and night, for these machines famish gas only when this flame 
is burning. 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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Mays Landing, N. J., September 9 th, 1873. 
Mr. George W. Htjlme, Agent Springfield Gas Machine, 

No. 12 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dear Sir : Four years ago this fall, we decided to light our 
mills in this place by gas made from gasolene. Having so decided, 
it remained for us to determine what machine to buy. We had 
proposals from different parties, and we made personal inspection 
of different machines, and after so doing, concluded to order from 
you a “Springfield.” It was apparently the highest-priced ma¬ 
chine, yet we judged it would prove the cheapest in the long run, 
on the principle that “the best is always the cheapest.” We have 
every reason to believe our judgment correct, as we have been 
lighting our store, our cotton-mill, machine shop, &c., for the past 
three years to our entire satisfaction. As to the cost of the gas, 
we have not made any very careful estimate, but we feel perfectly 
safe in saying, that it does not exceed (including interest on the 
money invested), $2.00 per thousand feet. During the many years 
we have been in the manufacturing line, we have used other kinds of 
gas, and have experimented with gas made from other material, but we 
have found it necessary to devote a great deal of time and labor to pro¬ 
duce a satisfactory light. Therefore we do not hesitate to say that 
we know of no other method by which property, remote from the regular 
coal gas mains, can be lighted so safely, so economically and so well, as 
by the use of the Springfield Gas Machine. 

Yours, &c., 

R. D. Greene & Son. 


Merchantville, New Jersey, November, 1873. 
Mr. Geo. W. Hulme, Agent Springfield Gas Machine. 

Dear Sir : I have now used the Fifty Light Gas Machine, 
purchased of you, three years; I have sixty lights in my house. 
From the time it was first lighted, I have always been supplied with 
clear burning gas, better in quality than our city gas. Many of my 
neighbors, using other gas machines, are somewhat troubled during 
the winter season. I believe your Machine to be the best that is in 
operation in our town. It has more than answered my expectation. 

Yours, truly, 

H. Robbins. 


Philadelphia Office, Cor. Ninth and Chestnut Streets. 
Mead & Robbins. 



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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


2nd. If these machines are operated by steam obtained 
from the boiler of a mill or factory, they are not automatic, 
but dependent on such supply: no gas can be used, except¬ 
ing the steam be kept up. 

3d. These machines are much more complicated in mechan¬ 
ism, are more delicate of construction, and consequently 
are likely to get out of order and need repairs. They require 
considerable care and skill to manage, much more than is 
possessed by the average purchaser. 

4th. When fire is used as a motor, they are not safe ; 
the fact that flame is used in the gas vault or house, and in 
immediate proximity to gasolene is suggestive at least of dan¬ 
ger, even had not numerous explosions and accidents fol¬ 
lowed the introduction of this class of machines. 

We would particularly request MANUFACTUR¬ 
ERS HAYING MILLS OR LARGE BUILDINGS TO LIGHT, to ex¬ 
amine our machines, and compare the cost of introducing, 
and the expense of running them, with that of putting in 
and using other kind of works, or the machines we have just 
described. They are especially adapted to meet your wants. 

Your attention is invited to the testimonials and refer¬ 
ences herewith, from those who have used them. 

Proprietors of country hotels and summer houses will please 
notice, that many of the largest and most fashionable of these 
resorts are now lighted with the Springfield machine. 

We light also many public buildings: 

The shops of the National Armory at Springfield, Mass. 

The United States Arsenal at Benicia, California. 

Some of the Government Buildings at Rock Island, Ills. 

The Connecticut State Prison at Wethersfield. 

The Massachusetts Reform School at Westboro. 

The State Alms House at Tewkesbury, Mass., and 
many others of like character. 

We also light Colleges, Seminaries and Schools, Town 
Halls, blocks of stores, &c. 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


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THE SPKINGPIELD MACHINE LIGHTING THE UNITED 
STATES AESENAL IN OALIFOENIA. 

Benicia Arsenal, California, \ 
March 13th, 1872. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen: One of your gas machines for 500 burners has been 
in use at this Arsenal since September last, a period of six months, 
and has given perfect satisfaction in all respects. 

I am, gentlemen, very respectfully your obedient servant, 

J. McAllister, 

Major of Ordinance, Commanding. 


A SPEINGPIELD MACHINE IN CONSTANT USE POE OYEE 
FOUE YEAES, NOT COSTING A CENT POE EEPAIES. 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, \ 
State Beform School, >■ 

Westborough, Mass., September 11th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In reply to your letter of inquiry, I would say 
that your Machine has been in constant use here for over four years, 
without costing a cent for repairs, and has given entire satisfaction; 
has done all that you claimed for it to do. 

In regard to the time required to take care of it, Mr. Clark, our 
engineer, who has had the Machine in charge ever since it was 
introduced here, says that from 10 to 15 minutes per day, on an 
average for the entire year, is all that is required. 

Yours, respectfully, 

A. G. Shepherd, Sup 5 t. 


Warden’s Office, Connecticut State Prison, ) 
Wethersfield, September 15th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Yours with inquiry as to the working of the Gas 
Machine put into the Prison last season, came duly to hand. 

We are using two hundred burners part of the time. It furnishes 
a splendid light, and abundance of it. We find no trouble what¬ 
ever in its management; in fact, it is in every respect satisfactory. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

A. J. Botelle, Warden. 









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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


ONE OF OUR MACHINES IS OFTEN USED 

to light a number of buildings , detached a consider¬ 
able distance from each other. 

A group of dwellings in the country or the business part 
of a small town, may in this way be lighted at much less 
expense than if each individual occupant were to buy an ap¬ 
paratus, and at one half the cost of coal gas works. Each con¬ 
sumer may have his meter, thus paying only for what gas he 
uses. 

As evidence of the distance that this kind of gas can be 
carried, without suffering materially from condensation, we 
would state that in 1871 we sold a machine to Mr. L. H. 
Davis, of Riverton, N. J. This machine he used in lighting 
a number of houses, conveying the gas some twelve hundred 
feet in so doing; in the house furthest removed from the 
machine he has an equally good light as in the one nearest 
to it. 

Two years ago we lighted the famous cave in Schoharie Co., 
known as Howe’s Cave, and the hotel at its mouth (J. H. 
Ramsey, Esq., of Albany, proprietor). Here the gas is carried 
a distance of 2,800 feet (over halt a mile) into the cave. 
This cavern is always cold and damp, the circumstances are 
most favorable to condensation, yet no inconvenience from 
this cause is experienced; a good light is always obtained. 

We light buildings of every description all through the 
New England States; the northern part of New York State 
and Canada; also some lumbering establishments and saw 
mills in the extreme northern part of Wisconsin. In all these 
places, the cold in winter is extreme, yet if the machine be 
properly set, no more trouble is experienced in their use 
than there is in using coal gas. 

In introducing large machines and lighting therewith a 
number of buildings, lamp posts may be set up along the 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


A SPRINGFIELD MACHINE LIGHTS A STREET AND A 
NUMBER OF DWELLINGS. 

Office of the Greenfield Tool Company, j 
A. Parker, Treasurer. L 

Greenfield, Mass., April 15 th, 1872. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In answer to yours, asking how I liked the Gas 
Machine furnished by you, would say: The machine has been in 
operation every day for 15 months, lighting six dwelling houses 
and two street lamps. The houses average 24 burners each, and up 
to this day not a burner has failed to give a good light. It has 
happily disappointed all on the street that have used the gas. 
Three other parties are now fitting up their dwellings to take the 
gas. You will recollect the unfavorable season of the year (Decem¬ 
ber and January) when the apparatus was set up and about 1,300 
feet of pipes were laid in the street. The ground was frozen from 
eight to eighteen inches deep, and continued freezing while the pipes 
were being laid. Some 700 feet of the pipes in one line had only 
one inch pitch in twenty feet. Of this pipe about equal lengths 
were laid of 1J^, 1% and 1 inch wrought iron gas-pipe. For full 
one half of this distance the pipe is not over 20 inches under 
ground. I think coal gas, under these circumstances, would have 
stopped flowing many times before now. I would not advise laying 
pipes in this manner, but I did the best I could at the time, ex¬ 
pecting to relay the pipes in the spring; but as they have answered 
so good a purpose I have not disturbed them. Before ordering 
the machine I examined those of different makes, and obtained all 
the information I could. I decided in favor of yours. I will only 
now say that I am satisfied with the choice I made. It affords me 
pleasure to testify to the successful and satisfactory operation of 
the machine. It furnishes a good light, and plenty of it. The trou¬ 
ble of taking care of it is too trifling to make mention of. I shall 
recommend its introduction to any one wishing to light their dwell¬ 
ings or manufactories, believing it to be much cheaper and safer 
than kerosene oil. I take pleasure in showing the apparatus and 
the lights to all who call to see it, and as yet I have heard only 
approbation, especially of the good quality of the light furnished 
No better light could be asked for. 

Yours, truly, 

A. Parker. 


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58 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


street, with lanterns at entrance gates, pipes extending to 
barns, stables, &c. 


In short, this gas may be used in any and all places where 
any kind of gas could be used, and can be relied upon to 
the same extent 


THE REASON WHY WE MAKE OUR MACHINES 
OF COPPER. 


In answer to the question often asked us, “ why we use 
only copper in the manufacture of our gas machines,” we 
state that since 1865 we have been especially engaged in the 
manufacture and erection of air-gas machines. At the first 
we used baser metals, making the air pump and gas generator 
of galvanized iron—we used also zinc to some extent—ex¬ 
perience showed that these metals were not durable. 

At the end of a few years these machines almost, without 
exception, failed. The dampness and moisture of the vault 
soon attacked and rusted the generator, and the salts and 
impurities of the water used in the air pump produced a 
like effect. The result was, that we were continually called 
upon to repair and make good these defects, causing much 
trouble and expense. 


Galvanized iron at the best we regard as a 
treacherous metal ; it is nothing but common sheet iron, 
coated with zinc. As soon as this coating breaks or wears off 
it leaves the raw iron exposed, which is speedily destroyed. 
Zinc is even less reliable than galvanized iron. Becoming 
satisfied that we could not hope to build up a solid and 
permanent business upon such poor foundation, in 1867 and 
1868, we decided to abandon the use of these cheap metals 
and to make our machines wholly of Copper, being satisfied 
that our customers would willingly pay the additional cost 







RECOMMENDATIONS. 


59 


Howes Caye Association, Treasurers Office, 262 Broadway , 
Manufacturers of Cement and Lime. 

Albany, November 15 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : This Company have had in use for more than a 
year past, one of your large Gas Machines with several hundred 
burners, for lighting a portion of the Cave and “Cave House,” 
at the entrance of the Cave. The Machine has answered every 
purpose for which it was intended, and beyond my own antici¬ 
pation. I cheerfully commend it to public use. 

Truly yours, &c, 

J. H. Ramsey. 

{pW° The gas is carried into this cave from the Machine a distance 
of over half a mile. 


Poole & Hunt, Founders and Machinists, 
Works at Woodbury , N. C. R. R. Office 7 German St ., 
Baltimore, November 21st, 1873. 

C. N. Gilbert, Esq., General Agent, N. Y. 

Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 8th inst., we would state that 
the 300 light Springfield Gas Machine we have recently put in to 
light our works, gives perfect satisfaction, and does everything 
you represented it to do. The success of the 75 light machine our 
Mr. Poole has in use to light his dwelling, induced us to introduce 
it in our works. The machines are well made, and for durability, 
being entirely of copper, they are superior to machines made of 
galvanized iron. 

We cheerfully recommend it to those wanting a first class gas 

machine. 

Yours truly, 

Poole & Hunt. 


Office of the Haldeman Paper Co., ) 
49 Walnut Street , Cincinnati, Ohio. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : My Gas Machine at Glendale, has never failed a 
minute, and works perfectly. My neighbors sometimes stop in to 
see my lights, and are much pleased. I think by spring, your 
agent here will have all the business he can attend to. The cheap 
machines in this vicinity are letting down, and I think people 
will not be humbugged much longer with them. 

Respectfully, 

T. J. Haldeman. 






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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


of using this metal, if in so doing they can be assured 
that the machine is thus made better and rendered per¬ 
manently durable. Experience teaches that “ the best is 
cheapest.” 

We cannot make our machines of Copper and reasonably 
hope to compete always in price with those who use galva¬ 
nized iron, or tin; the cost of building a machine does not, 
however, depend solely upon the cost of copper, but is made 
up largely of labor. 

— 1 

OUR FACILITIES FOR MANUFACTURING 

Are second to none. Our shops are complete in all re¬ 
spects. Furnished with tools and labor-saving machines, 
our mechanics skilled, faithful men—with these advantages 
we are enabled to manufacture with economy, and to sell 
at as low rates as most others who use cheaper metals, but 
have not equal facilities for manufacturing. Parties will do 
well to bear in mind that the cost of a machine is only one 
element in the expense of introducing gas. The expense 
of piping the building, of fixtures and burners, and of the 
pipes that are to conduct the gas to the building, should 
be considered ; all these are the same, no matter what kind 
of machine is used. The entire additional expense of light¬ 
ing by a first class reliable apparatus over that of using a 
cheap, inferior machine is not usually more than a hundred 
or two dollars; one gives great satisfaction, the other is 
always more or less a nuisance. 

We wish to call attention to the fact that there is no 
regular standard by which the capacity of a machine can be 
judged. The rating is entirely arbitrary. 

One manufacturer, may rate a machine which has an air 
pump and a gas generator of a certain size, as a hundred-light 




recommendations. 


61 


Office of the An sonia Brass and Copper Co. ' 
Mills at Ansonia, Conn., 

New York Office, 19 & 21 Cliff Street. 

New York, September 16 th, 1873.. 
Gilbert & Barker Mandf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In answer to your request, that we give you the 
result of our experience in the use of your Machines, we state as 
follows: 

In 1868, we introduced one of your Machines of 200 burner ca¬ 
pacity, for lighting our Copper and Brass Mills at Ansonia. The 
following year, we put in a 300 light machine, to light our Clock¬ 
works, also in Ansonia. In 1870, I put in a machine of 50 burner 
capacity, which I use in lighting my own residence. This same 
year, your Company put in still another machine in our town, of 
200 burner capacity, which lights a block of stores, our Public Hall, 
a Masonic Lodge, various offices, &c. 

All of these machines have been in constant use , and have worked 
perfectly ever since. They give us at all times an abundant light, 
winter and summer. They are a simple apparatus, and easy to 
manage. 

Since these machines were put in, coal gas has been introduced into 
our place, but we still continue to use them, as gas made by them does 
not cost more than 07ie half as much, while at the same time we con¬ 
sider it equally safe and good. 

Before purchasing any of these machines, I examined carefully 
the material of which they were made, and the manner of construc¬ 
tion. I found that only pure copper was used, and the workmanship 
was first class ; as a consequence, none of them have needed any 
repairs, not a dollar having been spent since the first. 

I believe your Machine to be the best in the market, and that no 
one could have piped our buildings and mills, and fitted us out in 
a more complete and satisfactory manner. 

Very respectfully yours, 

G. P. Cowles, 

Treas. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. 


Office of Knapp, Stout & Co. \ 
Merchants and Lumbermen. >- 
Menomonie, Dunn Co., Wisconsin , March 1st, 1872. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The 150 light Gas Machine you put up in our saw 
and shingle mills last September, works well, gives a grand light, 
and is by far the best gas machine we have tried. 

Yours, respectfully, 

Knapp, Stout & Co 




62 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


machine. Another may rate a machine which consists of an 
air pump and gas generator of two or three times this size as 
only a hundred-light apparatus. So it follows, that while 
one machine may be sold at a hundred or two hundred dok 
lai^s less than the other, and both rated for the same number 
of lights, the one which sells for the least money may be the 
highest priced machine. A machine one size smaller, but 
rated by a more liberal scale—perhaps for not more than fifty 
or sixty lights—may in reality be better capable of supplying 
a hundred burners than is the other. 

There is no way of estimating the relative cost of machines 
of different makers but by actual comparison of the capacity 
of their pumps and generators. We claim that our machines 
are rated much lower than are any other that are offered to 
the Public—that our No. 2 machine, which we con¬ 
sider as suitable for supplying twenty-five burners with 
gas, is larger than are many machines which are rated for 
fifty lights. Our larger sizes are also scaled proportianately 
low. The machines which are sold by many manufacturers 
will not adequately supply more than one-half or one-third 
the number of burners they are represented to; whereas 
the greater capacity of our machines warrants the purchaser 
in expecting much better results. 

When this difference in the actual capacity , and also the 
great superiority in character of work and value of the 
metals of which our machines are made is sufficiently con¬ 
sidered, we think no one will deny that we furnish by far the 
best machines for the money; that they are intrinsically 
much more valuable, and are sold really very low. 

The following is our price list for machines, cased ready 
for shipment, and delivered upon the cars in Springfield. It 
includes pulleys, wire cable, weight, &c., complete, ready to 
set up. 


RECOMMENDATIONS. 


63 


v Commonwealth of Massachusetts. \ 

State Almshouse, v 

Tewksburt, Mass ., Septembei' 16th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen* : In reply to your favor of tlie loth inst., I have to 
say that the Gas Machine and Fixtures which were put into this 
institution about a year ago, are the most perfect of anything of 
the kind with which I am acquainted. 

Before purchasing, I personally examined the machines of sev¬ 
eral manufacturers for lighting public buildings, and gave yours 
the preference, because of its apparent adaptability to the desired 
end, and also on account of the substantial manner in which yours 
are constructed. 

My experience thus far fully confirms me in the opinion which 
I then formed that yours is by far the best Machine in the market. 

During the year in which it has been running, some two hun¬ 
dred burners have been lighted —not a penny has been required for 
repairs or alterations—the light has been excellent, and the labor 
of running it comparatively nothing. 

Yours, truly, 

Thos. J. Marsh, Sup’t. 


Pittsfield, March 8th, 1872. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have used the Springfield Gas Machine, had of 
you, about four years. It has given me perfect satisfaction the 
whole time. I have, during the time I have used the Machine, 
bought a new rope for the Air pump, and that is all I have ex¬ 
pended in repairs of the Machine. 

Respectfully yours, 

Thomas Colt. 


Office of the Massasoit Paper Manuf’g Co., ) 
Springfield, Mass., March 15th, 1873. f 
Mr. J. F. Barker, Treasurer. 

Dear Sir : We have used your Gas Machine for a long time, 
{some file years), and with good results. It is a success, and satis¬ 
factory to us. 

Yours, trulv, 


E. C. Rogers, Preas. 




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PRICE LIST OF SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINES. 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 



No. 1. Rated to supply 15 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 70 galls. 


Air Pump, $138.00. Gas Generator, $162.00. Machine Complete, $300.00. 


No. 2. Rated to supply 25 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 100 galls. 

Air Pnmp, $160.00. Gas Generator, $240.00. Machine Complete, $400.00. 

No. 3. Rated to supply 40 burners. Capacity of Gas Generatar, 150 galls. 

Air Pump, $225.00. Gas Generator, $300.00. Machine Complete, $525.00. 

No. 4. Rated to supply 75 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 200 galls. 

Air Pump, $320.00. Gas Generator, $380.00. Machine Complete, $700.00. 

No. 5. Rated to supply 100 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 250 galls. 

Air Pump, $400.00. Gas Generator, $450.00. Machine Complete, $850.00. 

No. 6. Rated to supply 150 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 300 galls. 

Air Pump, $500.00. Gas Generator, $525,00. Machine Complete, $1025.00- 

No. 7. Rated to supply 200 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 350 galls. 

Air Pump, $620.00. Gas Generator, $630.00. Machine Complete, $1250.00. 

No. 8. Rated to supply 300 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 500 galls. 

Air Pump, $890.00. Gas Generator, $760.00. Machine Complete, $1650.00. 

No. 9. Rated to supply 500 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 750 galls. 

Air Pump, $1150.00. Gas Generator, $1100.00. Machine Complete, $2250.00. 

No. 10. Rated to supply 800 burners. Capacity of Gas Generator, 1200 galls. 
Air Pump, $1850.00. Gas Generator, $1650.00. Machine Complete, $3500.0tf 
Larger sizes will be furnished when required. Prices subject to special contract. 


THE PATENTS UNDEE WHICH WE AEE OPEKATING. 
Originated with and were taken out by the present active 
managers of our Company, and all improvements from time 
to time made upon the machines, have been effected by 
them. So varied have been the character of buildings which 
we have lighted, and the circumstances under which gas has 
been used, that we have had abundant opportunity to dis¬ 
cover all the defects in our original machines, and as often 
as discovered have remedied to the best of our ability in 
those built at a later date. We mention these facts not with a 
view of arrogating any credit, but that those contemplating 
the introduction of gas apparatus of some kind may be the 
better assured of our thorough knowledge of the machine 
we are introducing, and our ability to put up works of size 
suitable and in such a manner as to insure the best results. 






RECOMMENDATIONS. 


65 


A 400 LIGHT SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE RUNNING ALL 
NIGHT DURING THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND 
JANUARY. 

Office of- Raritan Wooden Mild, ) 
167 Church Street, AT. Y., January 2 §th, 1872. i 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs : We have been using one of your Springfield Gas 
Machines for about two years and a half, and it has given us thus 
far perfect satisfaction. It supplies about 400 burners, and the 
cost is much less than coal gas. We have been using our mill ail 
night for some time past, and it has answered every purpose, and 
is fully worth all it is represented to be. 

Very truly yours, 

Davdd S. Einstein, 
Raritan Woolen Mill. 


A SPRINGFIELD MACHINE IN CONSTANT USE SIX YEARS. 


Abbot Worsted Co. 
Mills at Oraniteville , Mass., 
New York Office, 248 Canal Street. 
New York, September 1 <otli, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 


Gentlemen : In reply to your inquiry, we make the following 
statements, as our experience in the use of the Springfield Gas 
Machine : 


In the latter part of the year 1867 [some six years ago), we lighted 
our Woolen Mills, at Graniteville, Mass., with one of your ma¬ 
chines; we have about 200 burners. From that time to the present, 
the machine has been in constant use. It supplies us with an 
abundant and good light at all times. As to the cost , we estimate it 
to be about y z to % the expense of dtp gas. 

The machine requires very little care, not more on an average 
than thirty minutes a week, to keep it in perfect order. We have 
no hesitancy in recommending the Springfield Machine in the 
strongest terms. 

Very respectfully yours, 



James Kelley, Agent. 
Abbot Worsted Co. 



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THE STKINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


We will here state that we have the advantage of a prac¬ 
tical experience of some twenty years in the piping business; 
in putting up gas works of various kinds, in heating build¬ 
ings by steam or hot water circulation, and in introducing 
steam and water motors. Our thorough familiarity with this 
class of business, in all its details, insures that all work which 
we contract to do, will be executed in a workman-like man¬ 
ner, and enables us to estimate understanding^ and closely 
upon the cost of piping and fitting up large buildings. 

In introducing any kind of gas, burners must be used 
adapted to its economical consumption; for instance, burners 
that are suitable for coal, are not right for oil or resin gas ; 
neither are they for carbureted air gas. The same gas pipes 
and fixtures are used, only the burners are different. 

No gas machine , making a carbureted air gas by 
fire lieat or any process whatsoever is any exception 
to this rule. 

The Argand burner, considering the amount of light 
furnished, is a very economical burner, and gives a beautiful 
light. We recommend the use of this burner wherever a 
very steady , strong light is required, as at an office desk, in 
libraries, &c. 


BARKER’S PATENT ADJUST ABLE • BURNER 

Is the best open burner that we know of; it is largely 
used in the majority of cases with our machines—in Halls, 
Chambers, Kitchens, &c., of Dwellings, in Hotels, and build¬ 
ings generally. In Cotton or Woolen Mills, however, we 
sometimes use a cheaper iron or brass burner. Churches, 
Public Halls, Theatres, and the like are often lighted by re¬ 
flectors from the ceiling. 



THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


67 



PATENTED 
July 26th , 1870. 


BARKER’S PATENT ADJUSTABLE BURNER, 

With Globe Bolder attached, 

THE BEST OPEN BURNER FOR AIR CAS, 

Manufactured by the 

GILBERT & BARKER MANUFACTURING CO., 

Springfield, Mass., 

And 238 Canal Street, New York, 






















THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 



Sectional View of Barker’s Patent Adjustable Burner, 
when adjusted for the consumption of a poor quality of gas, 
the shell of the burner being screwed down , and the ports 
opened. 

















THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


69 



Sectional View of Barker’s Patent Adjustable Burner, 
when adjusted for the consumption of a rich quality of gas, 
the shell of the burner being screwed up, and the ports 
closed. 



















































70 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


As we have previously stated, ordinary gas-fixtures are 
used with all the improvements that have of late years been 
made upon them: extension lights for dining-rooms; port¬ 
ables, with flexible hose and ornamented shades, for Libra¬ 
ries, Figures for Newels, &c., &c. 

We venture to say that in no way can a person by equal 
expense add so much to the comfort and beauty of a house, 
as by fine gas-fixtures and abundant light 


TO PARTIES WHO ARE BUILDING, 


We suggest the propriety of putting in pipes for gas, 
even though not immediately contemplating purchasing a 
gas machine, as the expense of putting in pipes, if done at 
the proper time while the structure is in progress, is trifling. 
If left until after the building is completed, they can yet be 
introduced, but the expense is considerably greater, and the 
occupants of the house are more or less inconvenienced. 

Ordinary pipes, such as are used in the introduction of 
coal gas, are needed. 


The following Scale of sizes of pipe, and number of burn¬ 
ers to be supplied therefrom, is found by experience to be of 
proper size to secure a good flow of gas, and the most satis¬ 
factory results. 


est number of feet 
to be run. 

Size of pipe. 

Greatest number of burners 
to be supplied. 

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PROM THE HON. THOS. TALBOT. 

North Billerica, Mass., January 12th, 1870. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Mr Dear Sirs : About December, 1868, you wrote me in re¬ 
gard to a testimonial for the Springfield Gas Machine, with which 
I lighted my house the July previous. As I had used the 
machine but a few months, I did not at that time feel justified 
in coming to a conclusion as to its merits without a longer trial. 
But now, I have “summered and wintered” it, and am perfectly 
satisfied. It lights my house beautifully, and with very little 
trouble. I am convinced by my experience that no gentleman’s 
country house should be without it. 

Yours, very truly, 

Thomas Talbot. 


Lyons Balls, Lewis Co.,N. Y. ) 
December lstf, 1873. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Yours, advising us of shipping one barrel of gas¬ 
olene, is received. We are obliged for your prompt shipment, 
as all we find necessary to do in order to have a good light, is to 
keep a supply of gasolene on hand. We have now used your Ma¬ 
chine nearly four years , and it gives the most perfect satisfaction, 
burning with a rich, steady light, much superior to coal gas. We are 
very glad to add our testimony to its merits, and only hope that it 
will bring light, beauty and convenience to other homes, as it now 
does to ours. Respectfully, 

Mrs. L. R. Lyon. 


Darby, Delaware Co., Pa. March 9 th, 1873. 

• Gilbert & Barker Mantjf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: I have used one of your No. 5 (rated for 100 burn¬ 
ers) Springfield Gas Machines at my residence in this place four 
years next May. I have one open fire-place where I burn the gas, 
getting plenty of heat in moderate weather; a pipe carries the gas 
to my gardener’s house; also to my stable. My dwelling is beauti¬ 
fully lighted throughout. I have a rich, strong light at all times, 
winter and summer, and at a moderate cost. The machine has 
never given me any trouble. I consider it one of the chief of 
modern improvements in house furnishing, and that no country 
house is complete without it. I have always recommended it, as it 
is by far the best gas apparatus I have ever seen. 

Very truly yours, 

Joel J. Baily. 

Office, 719 Market street, Philadelphia, Pa. 





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We inmte correspondence from any one who is 
building , and contemplating tlie introduction of gas. We 
shall be glad to advise with such as to the best manner of 
putting in pipes, and other details. We have competent 
workmen in our employ, whom we send to any part of the 
country to pipe buildings, set machines, &c. 

We solicit an opportunity to estimate upon the entire work 
of piping, furnishing machine, gas-fixtures, &c., complete, 
ready to light up. Our arrangements are such, that we can 
compete with any one doing first-class work. Where we 
contract for the entire job, parties can always be assured of 
the best possible results from our machines, for in this case 
there is an undivided responsibility resting upon us. In this, 
as in many other kinds of business, success depends largely 
upon a thorough understanding, and faithful execution of 
details. 

When houses are already piped for coal gas, we can attach 
our machines without changing such piping. 

Where purchasers live at a distance so remote that we 
cannot, without much expense, send men to do their work, we 
will give such full instructions as to enable any competent 
gas-fitter to set up the machine properly. 


IMPORTANT TO LARGE CONSUMERS OF 
COAL GAS. 

In cases where buildings are lighted with coal gas, we can 
cheapen the cost of light very materially by the introduction 
of one of our gas generators. To do this we build a vault 
outside the building to be lighted; in this we place our gas 
generator and fill it with gasolene. The gas that supplies 
the building is conducted by pipes, after it has passed through 
the meter, to this generator. Here it becomes enriched with 
the carbonaceous vapors of the gasolene, and returned to the 



recommendations. 


73 


ONE SPEINGFIELD MACHINE LIGHTING TWO HOTELS ON 
THE ST. LAWEENOE. 

Clayton, Jefferson Go., N. Y . \ 
October 13^, 1873. f 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Enclosed find check for balance of account for 
Gas Machine, Fixtures, Burners, &c. We take this occasion to say, 
that the work of piping our houses, hanging fixtures and setting 
the machine, was done to our entire satisfaction, and that we have 
had a splendid light at very little trouble and expense. We would 
not be without it on any account, and will take pleasure in recom¬ 
mending your Machine to any person requiring more light. 

Very truly yours, 

S. D. Johnston, Proprietor 

Walton House. 
J. T. Hubbard, Proprietor 

Hubbard House. 


Office of the Mineral Springs Manuf’g Co. ) 
Julius Converse, Treasurer. v 
Stafford Springs, Conn., November 11th, 1873. ) 
Mr. J. F. Barker, Treasurer. 

Dear Sir: Please sent me at once 3 bbls. of Gasolene. I w r ill 
here say, that there is nothing about all of my place that I have 
done, that pleases me better than your Gas Machine and the as¬ 
sortment of Gas Fixtures which you selected for, and put into my 
house. 

Yours, truly, 

Julius Converse. 


Dalton, Mass., March 15 th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The Gas Machine and all fittings and connections 
work beautifully. I am pleased with tho gas and with the working 
of the machine. Allow me to say also, that I am glad to deal with 
men like you, and that all things have been done as you agreed, 
and promptly, and the men you sent were good workmen and 
good men. 

Yours, truly, 


J 


Byron Weston, 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


distributing pipes of the building. Coal gas is enriched by 
this process to that extent, that a two foot burner gives an 
equal light to five feet of ordinary coal gas. 

The net saving where coal gas is sold at, say $4.00 per 
thousand, will amount to not less than 33 per cent, and in 
some cases (the poorer the quality of coal gas, the greater 
the saving), as much as 40 per cent It will be observed 
that the carbureting and consequent enrichment of coal gas, 
does not imply the introduction of machinery of any kind: 
no care is required other than the filling of the gas generator 
once in a month or two, according to its size and the rapidity 
with which gas is consumed. No alteration of piping is 
necessary ; the meter is not disturbed, the pressure and cer¬ 
tainty of the flow of gas is not at all changed; the ordinary 
open burner is used, but of smaller size; less gas is burned, 
hence the economy. Gasolene being almost a pure carbon, 
that property valuable in coal gas, the light-giving element 
is in this manner conveniently, safely and cheaply obtained. 

We are prepared to contract for putting in our coal gas 
carbureters, and guarantee a certain per centage of saving in 
the cost of lighting as a condition of payment 


GASOLENE. 

We solicit orders for gasolene: our arrangements are such 
that we can fill all orders promptly. We furnish the best 
quality of fluid at market rates,—no charge for barrels. We 
manufacture iron and copper tanks to order for storing 
gasolene. 



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75 


PLATE No. 13. 



The above plate shows a longitudinal sectional view of vault , under¬ 
ground, and the position of gas generator when placed therein. These 
vaults are built either of brick or stone, and of size suitable to receive 
the gas generator; are provided with a door at the top, on a level with 
the surface of the ground, and a ladder for admission. There should 
also be a second door in the mouth of the vault, as shown at C, securing a 
chamber for air between this and the upper door, thus keeping the vault 
warm in winter. The gas generator O , is a little elevated upon a plat¬ 
form, as shown. Through the opening E, the air and gas pipes pass to 
the building to be lighted, and through the opening W, at the top, the 
pipe for filling the generator with gasolene. 

We have different plans and views of vaults, and give working drawings 
that will enable any mason or mechanic to construct them without diffi¬ 
culty. 































































































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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


Office of 32. S. Munroe & Co., ) 
No. 34 New Street, New York, March 6th, 1869. I" 
Gilbert & Barker Mantjf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: I have in use at my house at Englewood, N. J., 
one of yonr No. 3 Springfield Gas Machines, and after a winter’s 
experience I find it to work well, and that the gas produced by it 
gives a brilliant, steady and uniform light. 

Very truly yours, 

E. S. Munroe, 

Englewood, N. J. 

Since the above machine was put in, Coal Gas works have 
been erected in Englewood, and though the pipes pass by Mr. 
Munroe’s house he still continues to light by the Springfield, 
having now used it for 5 years. G. & B. Mfg. Co. , 

N. Y., December 5th. 1873. 


Shady Side, N. J., November 15th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: You desire to know whether I am satisfied with 
the operation of the Springfield Gas Machine, with which you 
lighted my house more than four years ago:—I am happy to say 
that I am more than satisfied, and very much surprised to find it 
possible to obtain such a splendid, steady light from a portable gas 
apparatus. It is a perfect luxury to have such a light in a country 
place. I believe it to be superior to the light furnished in the 
city, by the gas companies. The working of the machine I find to 
be very simple. I take great pleasure in recommending the use of 
the Springfield Gas Machine. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

Geo. W. Laird. 

Office, No. 5 Gold Street, New York. 


Cluster, N. J., December 6th, 1873. 

C. N. Gilbert, General Agent. 

Dear Sir: In the experience I have had for several years in Gas 
Machines in connection with my business, I have not found any¬ 
thing that gave as good satisfaction as your “Springfield Machine.” 
I have used one in my own house nearly three years, and it gives 
perfect satisfaction, is perfectly safe, gives no trouble, and is 
economical. 

Very truly yours, 

J. H. Stevens, 

Architect and Builder. 








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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHlNl 


Office of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, ) 
120 Broadway, N. Y., February Ylili, 1873. j 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sir : For about four years I have had in constant use 
your Gas Machine, to supply light to my house in Spuyten Duy- 
vil, and it is with pleasure I can speak of its regular and simple 
working. 

During all the tirne^ I have had a pure and steady light, which 
has given satisfaction to the whole household, and although using a 
greater!' number of burners, and having more light in the country than 
I ever did in the city , the annual expense is about one-half '. 

Yours, respectfully, 

Geo. H. Petrie. 


President’s Office of the \ 

Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Co., V 
Cin ciNNATi, January 2 d, 1873. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

238 Canal Street , Cor. of Centre, New Yorh City. 
Gentlemen : I herewith enclose you draft No. 211, on Winslow, 
Lanier & Co., of your city, for $620.35, in payment of Gas Ma¬ 
chine furnished by your Company. Please enclose receipt by re¬ 
turn mail, and oblige. 

Your Machine at my house in Glendale gives entire satisfaction. 
Yours, truly, 

D. McLaren, Pres. 

P. S. Any recommendations wished, I will furnish. 


The following characteristic letter is from Mr. Davis, the Agent 
of the Lyman Mills, Holyoke, Mass :— 

Holyoke, Mass., February 9th, 1869. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 

Springfield, Muss. 

Dear Sirs : Your Gas-works at my Ingleside home, are working 
finely. My family think it is a sure and big thing. I doubt if there 
is anything better. We have a steadier and more brilliant light 
than with the old gas, used in town. 

Yours, very truly, 

J. S. Davt3. 

December 15 th, 1873. 

Mr. Davis is still using his machine; it gives him great 
satisfaction. 




RECOMMENDATIONS. 


79 


Philadelphia, April 7th , 1873. 
To Gilbert & Barker Mantjf’g Co. 

Sirs : Thirteen years ago, I had a house erected on my farm in 
Chester Co., Pa., and at that time I had gas pipes inserted through¬ 
out for the purpose of using gas, whenever I could find an apparatus 
that I coulcl rely upon. For twelve years I examined innumerable 
inventions for supplying gas to country dwellings, mills, &c., but 
never found one that I considered trustworthy, until my attention 
was drawn to the construction of your celebrated * ‘ Springfield Gas 
Machine.” I was so well satisfied with the theory on which it 
was conceived, that I determined to put it to a practical test. I 
have now used it for three seasons, and proved it to be a perfect 
success, giving no trouble to manage, no risk of fire or explosion, 
and yielding a brilliant light. I made no estimate of cost, as many 
others have done. It is cheap enough, considering the comfort 
and pleasure derived from its use, over and above every other 
light. I would not go back to wax candles and explosive lamps 
on any consideration. 

Yours, truly, 

J. Hulme. 


Chicago, March 9th, 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Mantje’g Co., 

No. 238 Canal street, New York. 

Gentlemen : I have used one of your Gas Machines in my 
house, at Elmhurst, Du Page County, Ill., for the past fifteen 
months. It gives me perfect satisfaction in every particular. 

I now wonder how people living in the country get along with¬ 
out them. 

Very truly yours, 

Seth Wadhams. 


Br attleboro, Vermont , March 2d, 1872. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : After using one of your Gas Machines ior Jive years, 
supplying two dwelling houses from same, I can safely recommend 
it as a great invention, well deserving the patronage of the public. 
It produces a brilliant but soft light, at about one-half or two-thirds 
the cost of street gas. There is very little work in taking care of 
it, and is in every way as safe as any other gas. I would not be 
without one, even if it cost much more than you get for them. 
You deserve great credit for bringing so perfect and valuable an 
article before the public. 

Yours, truly. 


E. Crosby. 





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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


WooLcoTTViLLE, Conn., March lstf, 1872. 
Mr. J. F. Barker, Treas. 

Dear Sir : In answer to yours, enquiring how I like the Gas 
Machine that has now been in use in my house since November 
1st, 1870, would say that it gives all the light needed, and more if 
you choose, at all times, at a reasonable expense, and with very little 
trouble. I consider its use a luxury, and it seems to me that any 
one after having used it, would be very unwilling to be deprived 
of it; at any rate I should. 

Yours, truly, 

F. N. Holley. 


Office of Gay and Carpenter, ) 
Lebanon Springs, N. Y, March 11th, 1873. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I take pleasure in bearing testimony as to the 
value of the Gas Machine manufactured by you. Having used one 
in my dwelling for nearly five years, I am free to say that it has 
given complete satisfaction; so perfectly has it worked that in 
December last we ordered through your Agents, Messrs. Rice, 
Robbins & Co., of Pittsfield, Mass., a 35 light Machine for light¬ 
ing our store. 

Yours truly, 

H D. Day. 


Williamsburg, Mass., March 1th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to the good 
qualities of the Gas Machine you put in for me some four years 
since, for lighting my house and stores. The machine is easily 
managed, and with proper attenton and good gasolene, will not 
fail to give a uniform, steady light, and plenty of it. I design 
putting in your machine for lighting my Woolen Mills. 

Yours truly, 

II. L. James. 


Highland Park Lake Co., 111., April 11th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have used your Springfield Gas Machine for 
seven months, and through the coldest winter I have ever experi¬ 
enced, and my lights have never failed, but continued as brilliant 
as during warm weather. The workmanship upon your machine 
is superior to that upon any other that I have seen. I can recom¬ 
mend your Apparatus to any one wanting a good Gas Machine. 

Respectfully yours, 


VOLNEY E. Rusco. 





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81 


Philadelphia, December 10 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : In reply to your letter of inquiry, regarding the 
operation of my Gas Machine, I have to say, that from the day 
on which I first lighted up—about five years ago—I have never 
had a doubt but that I have the best machine extant. It gives 
me a much better light than coal gas, and at less expense ; it 
has never been out of order, nor given me any trouble whatever. 

Very truly yours, 

F. S. Hovey, 

Office, 231 Chestnut Street. 


Office of White’s New York Malt House, \ 
Cor. West and Bethune Streets , >- 

New York, February 19 th, 1873. .» 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

No. 238 Canal Street , New York. 

Gentlemen : I am happy to state that the Gas Machine* you 
put up at my residence at Oceanic, N. J., one year ago last summer, 
lias worked uninterruptedly since, through hot and cold weather, 
and as a luxury gives more pleasure and less trouble than anything 
in the household. 

Yours, truly, 

Matthew White. 


New York, October 18 th, 1872. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen ; In reply to your inquiry concerning the working 
of my Gas Apparatus that you put up for me at my residence in 
Bronxville, Westchester Co., N. Y., something more than three 
years since, I can say that it works well. It is so good a thing 
that I would not on any consideration be without it. It is the best 
gas-making apparatus I have ever seen. 

Yours, truly, 

Arch. M. Allerton. 


Kinney National Bank, \ 
Portsmouth, Ohio , March Is/, 1872. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 

Springfield , Mass. 

Dear Sirs : I have been using my Gas Machine, purchased from 
you, for about two years, with entire satisfaction. It is far superior 
to the coal gas works, both in light and cheapness. 

Respectfully yours, 

P. Kinney. 





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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


Suffield, Conn ., October 22 d, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs : I am very much pleased with the Gas Machine put 
into my house some five years ago. It works well, and has given 
me no trouble. It produces a splendid light, and abundance of it. 
It is certainly a very fine arrangement for country places. My 
mother’s house, some twelve rods distant, is also lighted with the 
same machine, and as brilliantly as my own. 

Byron Loomis. 


Pine Meadow, Hartford, Conn ., August Ath, 1868. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs : The Gas Machine you put in for me at this place, 
works well; it lights my house beautifully in every part. It gives 
me scarce any care or trouble, and no anxiety whatever. I am 
much pleased with it. 

E. M. Chapin. 


Pine Meadow, Conn., April 4 th, 1868. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The Gas Machine with which you have lighted 
my residence, works well; have had no trouble with it. It gives 
us a splendid light, and plenty of it. It is certainly one of the best 
things in the gas line ever made. 

Yours, respectfully, 

Philip E. Chapin. 


Langley, 8. C ., February 2 6th, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have yours of the 19tli inst. In reply to your 
inquiries about the Springfield Gas Machine, which we have had 
in use for the past twelve months, at the Cotton mills of the Lang- 
ly Manufacturing Co., I would say that we have worked it very 
successfully. The only difficulty we have experienced was, by 
using at one time an inferior article of gasolene. 

With that exception, it has been fully up to our expectations, af¬ 
fording a brilliant and steady light, and giving no trouble or labor 
in taking care of it. 

As far as the cost of lighting is concerned, I have no doubt but 
that it is a great saving over other methods of lighting with gas. 

Yours, &c. 


M. F. Foster, Sup’t, 






Recommendations. 


83 




Druid Cotton Mills, \ 

Gambrill Sons & Co., Proprietors. / 
41 West Lombard Street, l 

Baltimore, Md., March 28th, 1873. / 
Mr. C. N. Gilbert, General Agent. 

Dear Sir: In accordance with your request, we give you the 
result of our experience with the Springfield Gas Machine. 

We have used the machine during the past three years to light 
our works, “Druid Mills,” at Woodbury, Md., for which purpose 
over two hundred burners were required, with entire satisfaction 
when the gasolene used was of the proper quality. 

Our rate of Insurance has not been advanced by the Companies 
in which we are insured. 

Respectfully yours, 

Gambrill Sons & Co. 

In the summer of 1873, Messrs. Gambrill having built a 
second mill, we exchanged the above machine for one of 500 burn¬ 
ers’ capacity, which now lights both mills. 


Gilbert 


Hohehorst, Lohnhorst, 

Amt Blumenthal, by Bremen , Germany, 
July 12th, 1872. 

& Barker Manuf’g Co. 


Dear Sirs: I believe I am the only person in this part of Eu¬ 
rope who enjoys the luxury of gas light. I thank you for putting 
your machine in my house. It works well, and has given me no 
trouble: It produces a splendid light and an abundance of it, and 
is certainly a very fine arrangement for country places. I can cheer¬ 
fully recommend it to any one as being an easy and sure means of 
obtaining the convenience and luxury of gas light. 

Respectfully yours, 

Richard Eicken. 


Huguenot Park, \ 
New Rochelle, JY. T ., March 18th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Your Springfield Gas Machine placed on my 
premises some three years ago, has given entire satisfaction. The 
light is soft and brilliant , much superior to the ordinary coal gas, equally 
as safe and somewhat ^cheaper: my family would not be without 
the gas light for five times its cost. Your machine is the best and 
safest I know of. 

Yours, truly, 


W. R. Bergholz. 




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Unionvtlle, Conn., March 23 d, 1870. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Your favor of a recent date, requesting a testi¬ 
monial from us as to the operation of the Machine you put in for 
Mr. Porter and the writer, was duly received, and have to say in 
reply that we are well pleased with the machines. The working of 
them has been perfectly satisfactory, giving no trouble, and fur¬ 
nishing as good a light as we could desire, and at a very moderate 
expense for the amount of light given. 

We also think it give > greater security from accident than kero¬ 
sene oil. 

Yours, truly, 

J. P, Chamberlin. 


Birmingham, Conn., January 1 Q>th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : Kegarding your Gas Machine, which I have now 
used more than four years, I am happy to say that I am much 
pleased with it ; it has never given me five minutes’ extra trouble. 
1 would not part with it for double the amount it cost. 

Truly yours, 

N. H. Downs. 


Bennington, Vt., December IQth, 1873. 
To Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co., 
of Springfield, Mass. 

In reply to your inquiry, “ How I like the Gas Machine ? ” (put 
in for me three years ago last September), I say with pleasure, 
that it more than meets my expectation. I can cheerfully recom¬ 
mend it to any one, as being an easy and sure means of obtaining 
the convenience and luxury of a gas-light. 

Respectfully yours, 

Luther R. Graves, 

Pres, of First National Bank. 


Hinsdale, Mass., December 5 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen: The Thirty-five burner Gas Machine which you 
put into my dwelling-house some two and one half years since, has 
given perfect satisfaction, and I cheerfully recommend it to ail who 
have any desire to dispense with kerosene lamps. 

Very truly yours, 


W. A. Taylor. 










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Office of Samuel Cupples, \ 

Manufact’r and Wholesale Dealer in Wooden Ware, &c. / 
No. 108 & 110 North Second Street. I 
St. Louis, June 22 d , 1870. / 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield , Mass. 

Gentlemen : After a fair trial of sixteen months of the Gas 
Machine, put in by you in my house, I take pleasure in saying 
that it has given universal satisfaction. We have had no trouble 
with it whatever, and the cost of lighting is much less than it was 
with lamps, while I am satisfied that placed as mine is, there is no 
more danger than if I had the city gas in my house. 

Yours, truly, 

Samuel Cupples. 


Office of E. D. Rand & Co., 
Lumber Dealers, 

Burlington, Iowa, March 19 tli, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: Your Gas Machine of 65 burners placed in my 
dwelling, works to my entire satisfaction, lighting my house in a 
very complete manner, and requiring very little attention to keep 
in working order. From all I have seen of your Machine, I have 
no hesitancy in saying, that it is all that you claim for it, and I 
take pleasure in recommending it to any one desiring to have their 
dwellings lighted in this manner. 

Yours, truly, 

E. D. Rand. 


Somerville, N. J., December 3d, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: I have used one of your Springfield Gas Machines 
for the past three years, and can say it has given entire satisfaction 
during the whole of that time. Besides supplying my own store, 
I furnish gas to three other stores adjoining mine, with offices 
above and barber shop below, in all 78 burners, burning on the 
average 50 lights. I had another machine on trial for one year be¬ 
fore putting in yours, but it was a great trouble to me. I have 
used your machine through the coldest weather we have had. 

Yours, very respectfully, 


Culver Barcalow. 





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South Williamstown, Berkshire Go ., Mass . 
Graylock Institute, 

B. F. Mills, A. M., Principal. 

February 28 th, 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Springfield, Mass. 

Gentlemen : The Springfield Gas Machine which you furnished 
for the “Graylock Institute,” has fully justified your recommenda¬ 
tions. It supplies a very beautiful light to two hundred burners, 
for a reasonable price. 

Easily adjusted, it requires little care or skill for its management. 
It is used for lighting our school buildings, and we esteem it as 
safe as any other method. 

I am very truly yours, 

Benjamin F. Mills 


Dalton, Mass., March 9th, 1873. 


Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 
Springfield, Mass. 


Gentlemen: The Gas Machine lately put in operation at our 
paper mill works to our entire satisfaction, as do also the Machines 
furnished several years since for the residence of each member of 
the firm. 

Very respectfully we are yours, 

Crane & Co. 


St. Louis Hotel, ) 
New Orleans, La., March 1st, 1872. f 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 


Your letter of February 9tli, addressed to me at my summer 
residence, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., New York, reached me 
here last week, where I am at present keeping the St. Louis 
Hotel. 

I can most conscientiously bear testimony to the excellency of 
the Gas made by your Machine, and also to its economy. I have 
used it three seasons at my house , and never found it to fail me. We 
burn about forty lights at a time throughout the house, and two or 
three in the stable, all of which cost about eight or ten dollars a 
month. 

Truly yours,'* 


Hiram Cranston. 









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Shoemakertown P. O., Montgomery Go ., Penn. \ 

February 5th, 1873. i 

To Mr. Geo. W. Hudme, Agent. 

No. 12 North Seventh St., Phila. 

Sir: In reply to your favor of the 4th inst., I can say, we have 
had the Springfield Gas Machine in use nearly four years, to our 
entire satisfaction, and prefer it to any other. 

Respectfully, 


Thomas Mellor. 


Ansonia, Conn ., March 1st, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 


Gentlemen : The Gas Machine you put in for the Ansonia Hall 
Co., has passed through the second winter with perfect success. 
It has carried frequently 300 lights, and often one half that num¬ 
ber all night, and has never failed. It is cheap, steady, and brilliant. 
We have now a Coal Gas Company, and pipes right by our front; 
but we have no thought of changing, we cannot afford coal gas. 

The machine at my house has been running four years, and is a 
perfect success. It makes about as much trouble as an eight-day 
clock, and costs me for gasolene about $35 per year. I have sev¬ 
enty burners, and use on an average ten to twelve continually. 

Yours, very truly 

Chas. Durand, Pres’t 

Ansonia Hall Co. 


Brunswick, Ga., January 9th, 1869. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs : It is with pleasure I bear testimony to the very 
complete and entirely successful operation of the portable Gas 
Machine, furnished by the Springfield Gas Machine Co., with 
which the residence I now occupy, is lighted. Too much can¬ 
not be said in its praise. The steadiness and brilliancy of the 
light it furnishes, are all that could be desired, and encomiums 
are bestowed on it by all. The machine is simple as well as 
effective, and I found no difficulty in properly placing and put¬ 
ting it into operation by the directions given, although I had 
no previous experience in setting up any kind of gas apparatus, 
and there was no one in this section who had. The machine 
came securely packed, and was entirely uninjured in transporta¬ 
tion ; the gasolene came without leakage. I shall take pleasure 
always, in showing the apparatus to any parties interested, and 
trust that the machine will meet with the success it merits. 

Yours, very truly, 

Warren A. Fuller, 

Of the Firm of Cook Bro’s & Co. 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


Profile House, Franconia Notch, 
White Mountains, IT. H., March 27th , 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Proprietors of tlie Spring-field Gas Machine. 







Gentlemen : The gas works put up for us three years ago, have 
given us perfect satisfaction. We have about two hundred burners 
in our halls, parlors, &c. The pressure is sufficient to give us a 
very steady, and at the same time, a strong and most beautiful 
light. We were in doubt about trying the machine, but can truly 
say now, that we would rather part with almost anything in con¬ 
nection with our Hotel than with your splendid machine. 

Very respectfully yours, 

Taft & Greenleaf. 


Office of Biglow and Main, ) 
May 29th , 1873. I 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have now had one of your Springfield Gas 
Machines in constant use at my home in Norwalk for about two 
and a half years. I can not say more for it than that I am per¬ 
fectly satisfied with it. It gives no trouble, is economical, and is 
the best investment I ever made in the line of home comforts. 
I wouldn’t be without it for five times its cost. 

Very truly yours, 

L. Horatio Biglow. 


Springfield, March 13 th, 1873. 

J. F. Barker, Treasurer. 

Dear Sir: I make the following statement, giving my experience 
in the use of your Machine: 

In February, 1868 (my house being beyond the city gas mains), 
I purchased a Springfield Gas Machine with the intention of using 
it until I could obtain gas from the city pipes. I have had the 
machine in use upward of Jive years , and the total cost of gasolene 
has been $152.63, about $2.54 a month. I have as good a gas light 
as any of my neighbors who use the city gas, and Winter and Sum¬ 
mer it is equally reliable. The machine requires about ten minutes 
care weekly, and although the city pipes run past my house , I do not 
propose to change or abandon the use of your Machine as long as it gives 
me such satisfactory results as it has in the past. 

Very truly yours, 


Josiah Bumstead. 







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Westboro, Mass., March 1st, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

Gentlemen : It is with pleasure we report that the machine you 
put in for us nearly four years ago, is giving us perfect satisfaction , 
and it has never failed to do its work well. Our Generator has a 
capacity for 300 lights, while our pump you only rated at 150, but 
we are running from 200 to 250 lights, and should not hesitate to 
put on 50 more if we needed them. We force the gas, and run at 
some seasons of the year 75 burners in the 5th story of our factory, 
raising the gas about 60 feet. We are satisfied that you claim no 
more for your machine than it will do. We consider it the best 
gas machine in the market, and our Insurance men consider it 
safer than kerosene. Respectfully yours, 

H. O. Bernard & Co. 

I might add to the above that we devote less than 10 minutes 
daily to the care of the machine, and have never had any repairs 
to make. 


Chicago, December 10 th, 1873. 
James Durham, Agent for the Springfield Gas Machine. 

36 State Street , Chicago, III . 

In answer to your inquiry, I will say, that I have satisfactorily 
lighted my residence with a Springfield Gas Machine for over two 
years. It makes gas at less than one half the price of city gas, and 
I cheerfully recommend it to those in need of more light. 
Respectfully, 

Ira Holmes. 


Orono, Maine, November 7th , 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

Gentlemen: Your Gas Machine which I have had in my house 
for the last two years, gives perfect satisfaction, and exceeds my 
expectation. . It gives a splendid light, and plenty of it. 

I consider it as safe as city gas. It gives us no trouble. I would 
not be without it for double the cost. 

Respectfully yours, 

Paul D. Webster. 


Williamstown, Mass ., March 2 d, 1872. 
Gilbert & Barker Manue’g Co. 

Gentlemen : It is now the fourth year that I am lighting my 
house with one of ycur Machines. I can conceive of nothing 
more effective, and the cost is not half of what I was paying in 
town for much poorer gas. 

Yours, respectfully, 


P. Leake. 





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United States Hotel, Hartford , Conn. \ 

* D. A. Rood, Proprietor. >- 

Hartford, February , 1872. ) 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: Your Gas Machine placed in Fenwick Hall, at Say- 
brook, has given 'perfect satisfaction. I regard it a perfect success as 
regards light and safety, as well as economy. 

D. A. Rood, Proprietor, 

Fenwick Hall. 

Jgsgp The above machine is a 500 light apparatus. 


Winsted, Conn., January Ylth, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I reply to yours of the 15th inst., that your Ma¬ 
chines, both at my house and factory, continue to give perfect 
satisfaction. We have used the machine at my house constantly 
nearly five years ; the light is perfect and cheap ; the cost of light¬ 
ing my house the last year, being less than twenty-five dollars. 1 
can only add, that your Machine is a perfect success. 

Very truly yours, 

J. G. Wetmore, 

Sec’y New England Pin Co. 


Philadelphia, April 13 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : The Springfield Gas Machine put up for me by 
your Agent, Mr. Geo. W. Hulme, in November, 1869, to light my 
house, and stable three hundred feet from the house, has been in 
constant use ever since, and has given entire satisfaction. 

Yours, respectfully, 

N. Parker Shortridge. 


New York, June &th, 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : I have pleasure in recommending your Springfield 
Gas Machine. I have had one in use at my house in Woodlawn, 
near Mount Vernon, for over two years. It works like a charm, my 
house is well, and I consider, safely lighted at a very small expense. 
Yours, very respectfully, 

James Russell, 

208 West Eleventh Street. 






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Staatsburg-on-the-Hudson, March 1st, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : It gives me pleasure to state that your Gas Machine 
has given us entire satisfaction. We have had it in use during all 
of this exceptionally severe winter. Your obedient servant, 

Rawlins Lowndes. 


New York, December 5th , 1873. 

Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: I am happy to render my testimony as to the value 
of the Springfield Gas Machine, having "had one in use (size No. 3) 
during the past two seasons, giving me entire satisfaction. The 
gasolene gas is purer, more brilliant, and costs only one-third of the 
usual charge for coal gas. Respectfully, 

Lemuel Smith, 

New York Office, 41 John St. Highlands, New Jersey . 


Windsor, Yt., Decembei' 25 th, 1873. 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Gentlemen : You are at liberty to use our names in recommend¬ 
ation of our Gas Machine to the extent you think proper. It is a 
perfect success. It has been in use over three years, and we have 
no trouble with it, and cannot speak too highly in its praise. 

Yours, &c., 

A. G. & E. G. Arnsden. 

The above Machine lights a block of stores and a brilliant 
Hall, 100 burners. 


Manhattan Savings Institution, j 
644 Broadway, Cor. Bleecker Street, >- 
New York, February 12th, 1873. ) 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

In December, 1869,1 purchased of you a Springfield Gas Machine 
No. 2, rated for 25 lights. My house, including barn and gateway, 
has 37 lights ; the bam and gate being about 350 feet from the ma¬ 
chine in opposite directions. I have used the machine without 
any interruption and with perfect satisfaction; the light is unsur¬ 
passed by any that has yet been introduced, and costs much less than 
coal gas. I feel perfectly free from danger, and am surprised that 
so many of our beautiful suburban homes are still wanting in this 
almost indispensable luxury, good light. It will afford me pleasure 
to give my experience to any person seeking light on the subject. 

Very truly yours, 


R. S. Hayward. 







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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


Office of the Florence Manuf’g Co., ) 
Florence, Mass ., March bth, 1872. f 
Gilbert & Barker Mantjf’g Co. 

Gentlemen: I desire to say in reply to your note of inquiry, 
that the Gas Machine you furnished me some eighteen months 
since, works to my entire satisfaction, and I pronounce it a “good 
thing.” 

It is in my opinion the most 'practical luxury among the many 
modern improvements that can be introduced into a country home. 

Very respectfully yours, 

Geo. A. Burr. 


Office of Davis & Furber, \ 

Manufacturers of Wool Machinery, Card Clothing, &c. V 
North Andover Depot, Mass., November 11th, 1873. ) 

H. R. Barker & Co., of Lowell, Mass. 

Agents for the sale of the Springfield Gas Machine. 
Gentlemen: Your favor of November 10th is received, and I 
have to say that the Springfield Gas Machine which you put in 
for me in 1871, has given entire satisfaction. 

Yours, respectfully, John A. Wiley. 


Lower Marion, March 1 6th, 1873. 

Geo. W. Hulme, Agent. 

No. 12 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dear Sirs: The Springfield Gas Machine which you placed in 
my residence, I have had in operation for the last sixteen months. 
It fully meets my expectations. I can cheerfully recommend it to 
any one living in the country; I would not be without it at 
double the price. Respectfully yours, 

Samuel R. S. Smith. 


Crossmon House, Thousand Islands, \ 
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, N. Y.,r 
C. Crossmon & Son, Proprietors. \ 
Alexandria Bay, November 27th, 1873. / 
Gilbert & Barker Manuf’g Co. 

Dear Sirs: The 200 light machine purchased of you last spring, 
has given the best of satisfaction, furnishing a clear, steady, and 
cheap light: while it requires hardly any attention. We would 
cheerfully recommend the Springfield Gas Machine to any one 
wanting a really good thing. 

Yours, &c., 


C. Crossmon & Son. 





REFERENCES 


THE “SPRINGFIELD MACHINE” 

IS USED IN LIGHTING THE FOLLOWING 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HOTELS, ETC. 


The Water Shops of the United States Armory, at Springfield, Mass. 
1,000 burners. 

U. S. Arsenal, Benicia, Cai. 500 burners. 

Government Building, at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. The Resi¬ 
dence of the Commandant. 150 burners. 

The Massachusetts State Reform School, at Westboro, Mass. 200 burners. 

Massachusetts States Alms House, Tewksbury, Mass. 300 burners. 

State Prison, Wethersfield, Conn. 300 burners. 

Municipal Hospital, Philadelphia, Penn. . 

Belmont Water Works, Belmont Station, Philadelphia, Penn. 

Reform School, Bremen, Germany. 

Buildings on Hoffman Island, Lower Bay, New York Quarantine Depart¬ 
ment 300 burners. 

The State Homoeopathic Asylum for the Insane, Middletown, N. Y. 250 
burners. 

Town Hall, Milford, New Hampshire. 150 burners. 

Town Hall, Lebanon, New Hampshire. 50 burners. 

Ansonia Hall Co., Ansonia, Conn. 200 burners. 

Athol Music Hall Association, Athol, Mass. 200 burners. 

Town Hall, Orono, Me. 150 burners. 

Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass. 85 burners. 

Adrian Institute, Uniontown, N. J., Mrs. Mary E. Baebler, Proprietor, 45 South 
Washington Square, New York. 100 burners. 


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St. Agnes Academy, Mt. Washington, Baltimore Co., Md. 100 burners. 
Classical and Military Academy, Morgan Park, Ill. 100 burners. 
Philadelphia Orphan Asylum, Haddington, Philadelphia. 

Cosmian Hall, Florence, Mass. 100 burners. 

McDonogh Institute, Owing’s Mills P. O., Baltimore Co., Md. 150 burners. 
House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, Chel¬ 
tenham, Maryland. 

County Court House, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 100 burners. 

Swarthmore College, near Philadelphia, Pa. 500 burners. 

Depot of Grand Trunk Railway, Kingston, Canada. 

Greylock Institute, South Williamston, Mass., B. F. Mills, Principal and Pro¬ 
prietor. 200 burners. 

Mrs. Life’s Young Ladies’ School, Rye, N. Y. 100 burners. 

The following Buildings belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. : 
Wharfs, Piers and Buildings at Locust Point, Baltimore. 650 burners. 
Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, Md. 500 burners. 

Deer Park Hotel, Deer Park, Garret Co. 500 burners. 

Relay House. 200 burners. 

Profile House, White Mountains. 200 burners. 

Chittenango Sulphur Springs House, Chittenango, N. Y. 200 burners. 
Prospect Park Club House, Gravesend, L. I. 200 burners. 

Mempiiramagog House, Newport, Vermont. 300 burners. 

Ingleside, South Holyoke, Mass. 150 burners. 

National Drovers Hotel, corner 100th St. and 3d Avenue, New York. 200 
burners. 

Fenwick Hall, D. A. Rood, Proprietor, Saybrook, Conn. 500 burners. 

Island Ledge House, Wells Beach, Maine. 200 burners. 

Tower Hill House, Narragausett Pier, R. I. 80 burners. 

Pomona House, Fruitport Magnetic and Sulphur Springs Co., Proprietors, 
Fruitport, Mich. 500 burners. 

Tremont Hotel, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 200 burners. 

Edgecomb House, Groton, Conn. 150 burners. 

Keystone Hotel, Penn. Central R. R. Co., Proprietors, Bryn Mawr, Penn. 
800 burners. 

Broadhead House, Delaware Water Gap, Penu. 200 burners. 

Hotel and Cave, Howes Cave, Schoharie Co., N. Y., J. II. Ramsey, Proprietor. 
250 burners. 

St. Charles Hotel, St. Joseph, Mich. 100 burners. 

James G. Roe, Cornwall, N. Y., Hotel. 100 burners. 

Cutler House, Graud Haven, Mich. 500 burners. 


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Monmouth Park Club House, Long Branch, N. J. 65 burners. 

F. B. Gardner, Pensaukie, Wis., Hotel. 500 burners. 

Wenonah Hotel, Wenonah, N. J. 65 burners. 

Riverside Hotel, near Providence, R. I. 200 burners. 

Walton House, Clayton, N. Y. 

Hubbard House, Clayton, N. Y. 

Both these houses are lighted by one 200 burner machine. 

Crossman House, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. 200 burners. 

Laurelton House, Jones Dock, L. I 75 burners. 

Ridgefield Park Hotel, Ridgefield Park, N. J' 250 burners. 

Hatfield House, Massena Springs, N. Y. 200 burners. 

Florida House, St Augustine, Fla. 250 burners. 

John Manolt, Bayside, L. I., Hotel. 

Benbow House, Greensboro, N. C. 100 burners. 

Hicks House, Wiusted, Conn. 

First Presbyterian Church, Rye, N. Y. 200 burners. 

Baptist Church, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 100 burners. 

First Baptist Church, Menomonie, Wis. 

First Presbyterian Church, Menomonie, Wis. 

St. Paul’s Church, Wallingford, Conn. 

Trinity Church, Thomaston, Conn. 

Lynn St Church, Danville, Ya. 

Hope Chapel, Springfield, Mass. 

Faith Chapel, Springfield, Mass. 

Titus’ Opera House, Sullivan, Ill. 150 burners. 

Eurigue Pingel & Co., Lima, Peru, S. A., Club House. 100 burners. 

Coombs, Crosby & Co., 57 Beekman St., New York. Machine shipped to 
Buenos Ayres, S. A., Hotel. 100 burners. 

Moller & Backof, Dover, N. J., Theatre and Saloon. 75 burners. 


MANUFACTORIES, STORES, ETC 


The Matteawan Manufacturing Co.’s Hat Works, Matteawan, Dutchess 
Co., N. Y, 200 burners. N. Y. office, 464 Broome Street. 

The Seamless Clothing Manufacturing Co.’s Works, at same place. 200 
burners. N. Y. office, 462 Broome Street. 

The Ansonia Brass and Copper Co.’s Mills, at Ausonia, Conn. 200 
burners. N. Y. office, 19 & 21 Cliff Street. 




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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


The Clock Shops and Factory of same Co., at same place. 300 burners. 
The Plume & Atwood M’f’g Co.’s Brass Works, at Thomaston, Conn. 
100 burners. 

The New England Pin Co.’s Factory, at Winsted, Conn. 

Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.’s Silver-plating and Britannia Works, 
Wallingford, Conn. 150 burners. N. Y. office, 19 John Street. 

The Bucking Wool and Leather Co., West Farms, Westchester Co., N. Y. 

300 burners. N. Y. office, 29 Spruce Street. 

National Straw Works, H. O. Bernard & Co., Westboro, Mass. 150 
burners. New York Office, 99 Spring Street. 

The Sugar Mill at Woodland Plantation (near New Orleans, La.) be¬ 
longing to Bradisb Johnson. 100 burners. N. Y. office, 117 Front Street. 
The Rubber Works of the Lambertville Manufacturing Co., at Lam- 
bertville, N. J., W. A. Green, Agent: 100 burners. 

The Lowell Steam and Gas Pipe Works, at Lowell, Mass., H. R. Barker 
& Co., Proprietors. 100 burners. 

The Clothing Stores of Theodore L. Haynes & Co., Springfield, Mass. 
75 burners. 

Palmer’s Block, Amherst, Mass. 100 burners. 

The Stores and Offices of Nathaniel Lamson, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 
100 burners. 

The Wharf and Warehouse of Cook Bros. & Co., Brunswick, Georgia. 

C. Barcalow, Somerville, N. J., Block of Stores, Shops, Offices, &c. 100 

burners. Four meters are used with this machine. 

Henry Somers, Birmingham, Conn., Stores, Offices, &c. 3 meters, 100 burners. 
Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Co., Cutlery Works, Shelburne 
Falls, Mass. 2 machines. 

Whitney Glass Works, Glassboro, N. J. 100 burners. 

Andrew's Block, Holliston, Mass. 100 burners. 

Nonotuck Silk Co., Florence, Mass., Silk Mill. 300 burners. 

Nonotuck Silk Co., Leeds, Mass., Silk Mill, 300 burners. 

American Sterling Co., Naubuc, South Glastenbury, Conn., Mill. 400 burners 
Office No. 1 Dey Street, N. Y. 

Union Lumbering Co., Chippewa Falls, Wis. 150 burners. 

C. B. Trowbridge, Salt Lake City, Utah, Billiard Hall. 100 burners. 

Knapp, Stout &, Co., Menomonie, Wis., Saw and Shingle Mills, Stoies, &c. 200 
burners. 

The Works of the American Bridge Co., Chicago, Ill., 651 Wabash Ave. 
500 burners. 


REFERENCES. 


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M. Robbins, Sullivan Ill, Billiard Hall. 

Repair Shops, and Offices Penn. Coal Co., Dunmore, Pa. 300 burners. 

John B. Smith, Superintendent 
J. G Goodwin, New Hartford, Conn., Block. 

Manning, Bowman & Co.. Britannia Works, Meriden Conn. 500 burners. 
Car-Shops of Housatonic R. R. Co., Falls Village, Conn. 150 burners. 

J C. L’Engle, Jacksonville, Fla., Block of Stores, &c. 

The Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Winsted. Conn. 700 burners. 

Somerfield Block, Danville, Va., Three Scores and Public Hall. ** 

Iron Works and Shops of Poole & Hunt, Woodbury, near Baltimore, Md. 
300 burners. 

Turner, Seymour & Judd, Wolcottville, Conn., Brass Works. 100 burners. 

N. M. Simonds, St. Louis, Mo., Store. 

Wetmore’s Block, Winsted, Conn. ) These two buildings are lighted by a 
Music Hall, Winsted, Conn. J 500 burner machine. 

Peebles &. Robbins, Sterling, Ill. 

Schulenburg, Boeckler & Co., Stillwater, Minn., Lumber Mill. 

Clark & Nicholas, Danville, Va., Saloon. 

Zimmerman & Schultz, Sykesville, Md., Store. 

Prescott Pistol Co., Hatfield, Mass. 75 burners. 

S. B. Hubbard, Jacksonville, Fla., Store. 

J. L. Van Deman &> Co., Washington Court House, Ohio, Block. 150 burners. 

Seven meters are used with this machine. 

William Skinner, Williamsburg, Mass., Silk Mill. 150 burners. 

R. J. Young, Middletown, Penn., Dwelling, Four Stores, Masonic Hall, and 

offices. 150 burners. 

Gay & Carpenter, Lebanon Springs, N. Y , Store. 

Migeon’s Block, Winsted, Conn. 100 burners. 

Chauncey Smith, Mt. Kiscoe, N. Y. 650 burners. This machine lights the 
streets and buildings projected in this place by Mr. Smith. 

Van Sickles & Apgar, Store and Residence, High Bridge, N. J. 

Whitney Bros., Store, Glassboro’ N. J. 

S. P. Lunt’s Silver-Smelting and Refining Works, office 163 La Salle St., 

Chicago, Ill. 200 burners. 

J. L. Keedy, Sullivan, Ill., Saloon. 

A. H. Wood, Danville, Va., Restaurant. 

Brooklyn White Lead Works, Brooklyn, N. Y. Office, 89 Maiden Lane, N.Y. 







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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


COTTON, WOOLEN AND PAPER MILLS. 


Crane &. Co., Dalton, Mass., Paper Mill. 65 burners. 

W E. Hooper &. Sons, Baltimore, Md., have four Cotton Mills lighted at Wood¬ 
bury. About 600 burners. 

The Raritan Woolen Mills, Raritan, N. J. 400 burners. New York Office, 
167 Ctjtf'ch Street. 

The Cotton Mills of the Williamstown Manufacturing Co., Williams- 
town, Mass. 300 burners. 

The Druid Cotton Mills, Woodbury. Md. 500 burners. Belonging to 
Gambrill. Sons &. Co., 41 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Md. 

The Mills of R. D. Green &l Son, May’s Landing, N. J. (Philadelphia ref¬ 
erence, R. D. Wood & Co.). 100 burners. 

The Clarence Cotton Mills, Yardville, N. J. Belonging to E. W Keeler, 
337 Broadway. 100 burners. 

The Baldwin Manufacturing Co.'s Mill, Chelmsford, Mass. 100 burners. 
P. Anderson, Agent. 

The Abbot Worsted Co.’s Mills, Graniteville, Middlesex Co., Mass. 200 
burners. 

The Mills of Damon, Smith & Co., Concord, Mass. (Messrs. Damon & Smith 
have each of their residences also lighted). 

The Columbia Mill, Lee, Mass. Belonging to the Smith Paper Co. 100 
burners. 

The Crescent Mill, Russell, Mass. Belonging to Chapin &. Gould, of Spring- 
field, Mass. 50 burners. 

The Massasoit Paper Manufacturing Co.’s Mill, Huntington, Mass. 50 
burners. 

J. M. Wilcox & Sons’ Paper Mill, Glen Mills, Pa. 50 burners. 

The Mill of Thatcher & Welling, Bennington, Yt. 

The Paper Mill belonging to the Hon. Thomas Colt, Pittsfield, Mass. 

Great Falls Manufactur’g Co., Rockingham, N. C., Cotton Mill. 150 burners. 

S. H. Le Fevre, Glenville, Conn., Cotton Mill. 200 burners. 

Langley Manufacturing Co., Langley, S. C., Cotton Mill. 300 burners. 

Highland Mills, Huntington, Mass. 300 burners. 

Stevens &. Thompson Paper Mill, North Iloosic, N. Y. 

Tillotson & Collins, Pittsfield, Mass., Woolen Mill. 300 burners 

Byron Weston, Dalton, Mass., Paper Mill. 80 burners. 

Hodge Brothers, Paper Mill, Rainbow, Conn. 100 burners. 





REFERENCES 


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Oborn Levis, Mill, Clifton, Del. Co, Pa. 150 burners. 

Monument Mills, three Mills, Housatonic, Mass. Three machines, one of 40, 
one of 50, and one of 100 burners. J. M. Seeley, Agent. 

Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing Co., Rock Island, Ill., Cotton Mill. 
100 burners. 

Stormont Cotton Mills, Cornwall, Ontario. 150 burners. Messrs. Gault Bros., 
Montreal, Proprietors. 

Collins Paper Co., Collins Depot, Mass. 150 burners. 

Russell Manufacturing Co., Cotton Mill. Middletown, Conn. 125 burners. 
Pomeroy & Sons, Woolen Mills, Pittsfield, Mass. One 150 burner, and one 
300 burner machine. Hydraulic Blowers. 

La Monte, Adams & Co., Glendale, Mass, Cotton Mills. 150 burners. 

Union Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass. Carbureting Coal Gas. 

Quassaick Woolen Manufacturing Co., Newburg, N. Y. 

Haldeman Paper Co., Lockland, Ohio. Office, 49 Walnut Street, Cincinnati. 
Worthy Paper Co., Mitteneagne, Mass. 

Horace Green, Cotton Mill, North Hoosic, N. Y. 150 burners. 

Beaver Creek and Bluff Mills, Fayetteville, N. C., Cotton Mills. 80 burners. 
Keystone Knitting Mills, Torresdale, Pa. 

Horace Green, North Hoosic, N. Y., Cotton Mill. 150 burners. 


PRIVATE RESIDENCES 

• IN the 

VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY. 


W. H. Oakley, Norwood, N. J., Cashier of the National Citizens’ Bank, 381 
Broadway, New York. 

E. S. Munroe, Englewood, N. J. Office, 34 New Street, New York. 

William Stanley, Englewood, N. J. Office, 16 Wall Street, New York. 
Ellwood Walter, Englewood, N. J., President of Mercantile Insurance Com 
pany, 35 Wall Street, New York. 

Rev. Thomas G. Wall, Englewood, N. J. 

C. C. Hine, Woodside, N. J., Editor and Proprietor of Insurance Monitor, 17ft 
Broadway, New York. 

E. B. Fellows, President Rutgers Insurance Company, Chatham Square. N; Y. 




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H. A. Barling, Highland, N. J. New York Office, 46 South Street. 

Dr. W. T. La Roche, Closter, N. J. Office, 20 East 14th Street, New York. 
Hiram Cranston, Stephentown, N. Y. Manhattan Club, New York. 

R. S. Hayward, Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., Savings Bank, corner Bleecker 

Street and Broadway, New York. 

William Simpson, West Farms, Westchester Co.. N. Y Office No. 5 East 14th 
Street, New York. 

George H. Petrie, Spuyteu Duyvil, Westchester Co., N. Y. Office, Equitable 
Life Society, 120 Broadway, New York. 

Arch. M. Allerton, Bronxville, Westchester Co., N. Y. 

•Geo. W. Laird, Shadyside, N. J. Office, 5 Gold Street, New York. 

M. R. Cook, Bergeu Poiut, N. J. Office, 36 Broadway, New York. 

J. R. Schuyler, Bergen Point, N. J. Office, 19 Maiden Lane, New York. 

S. Bernstein, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Office, 479 Broadway, New York. 

Mrs. Henry Skidmore, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 50 burners. 

C. O. Morris, Bergen Point, N. J., of White, Morris & Co., Bankers, 18 Wall 
Street, New York. 

Harvey Fisk, of Fisk & Hatch, Bankers, Nassau Street, New York. 100 burners. 
Residence, Greensburg, N. J. 

Caleb T. Smith, of Long Island, N. Y. Office, 91 Front Street, New York. 50 
burners. 

James Russell, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Office, 71 Greenwich Avenue, New York. 
John T. Waring, Yonkers, N. Y. 200 burners. 

John Olendorf, New Brunswick, N. J. 75 burners. Office, 91 Wall Street, 
New York. 

Alvin Higgins, New Rochelle, N. Y. 100 burners. Office, 27 Barclay Street, 
New York. 

Bradisii Johnson, Bay Shore, L. I. 80 burners. Office, 117 Front Street, New 
York. 

P. Remson, Babylon, L. I. 

R. A. Robertson, Ridgefield, N. J. 75 burners. Office, 98 Broadway, N. Y. 
W A. Dooley, Williams Bridge, Westchester Co., N. Y. Office, 96 Broadway, 

New York. 

<C. H. Delamater, Demarest, L. I. Office, Delamater Iron Works, Foot West 
13th Street, New York. 

Geo. H. Danforth, Madison, N. J. 100 burners. Office, No 1 Wall Street, New 
York. 

S. W. Carey, Mt. Clair, N. J. Office, 60 Beaver Street, New York. 75 burners. 
J. D. Vermilye, Highland Station, N. J., President Merchants Bank, 42 Wall 

Street, New York. 



REFERENCES. 


101 


Wm. G. Vermilyk, Highland Station, N. J. Office, 363 Broadway, New York. 
Noel R Parke, Cranford, N. J. Office, Belcher, Parke &, Co., 43 Warren 
Street. New York. 

Jas. M. Ives, Rye, N. Y. Office, 123 Nassau Street, New York. 

A B. Baylis, Bedford Village, N. Y. Office, 19 William Street, New York. 
Waldo Hutchins, Spuyten Duy vil, N. Y. Office, 40 Wall Street, New York. 
Danfouth H. Barney, Irvington, N. Y. Office, 82 Broadway, New York. 
Bowie Dash, Spuyten Duy vil, N. Y. Office, 166 Pearl Street, New York. 

Josh Hart, Corona, L. I. Office, Theatre Comique, New York. 

J C. Brautigam, Mt. Clair, N J 50 burners. Office, 63 Beekman Street, N. Y. 
Tiios. B. Wilson, Rye, N. Y. 75 burners. Office, 139 Franklin Street, N. Y. 
Geo. II. Penniman, Quogue, L. I. Office, 139 Front Street, New York. 

David P. Patterson, Hillsdale, N. J. Office, 158 William Street, New York. 
Jas. M. Fuller, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Office, 8 Wall Street, New York. 

Levi H Mace, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 75 burners. Office, 111 East Houston Street, 
New York. 

Courtlandt Palmer, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 75 burners. 

J. T. Pearson, Plainfield, N. J. Office, 49 Cliff Street, New York. 

D. W. Weiss, Plainfield, N. J. Office, 90 Broadway, New York. 75 burners. 
Fletcher Harper (of Harper & Bros.), Irvington, N. Y. 50 burners. 

John Straiton, Bayside, L. I. Office, 191 Pearl Street, New York. 

Wm. H. Power, Mt Clair, N. J. Office, 23 William Street, New York. 50 burners. 
J. L Douglas, Montgomery Station, N. J., Secretary Merchants Insurance Co., 
149 Broadway, New York. 

Jas. M. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y., of Arnold &. Constable, 309 Canal 
Street, New York. 75 burners. 

Wm. Mathews, Harrison, N. Y. Office, 54 Catharine Street, New York. 250 
burners. 

E. Ellsworth, Irvington, N. Y. Office, 51 Beekman Street, New York. 

Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, Say ville, L. I. Office, Commissioners of Fisheries, 

160 Broadway, New York. 

W R. Bergholz, New Rochelle, N. Y. Office, 20 Nassau Street, New York. 
Jacob Campbell, Mamaroneck, N. Y., Pres. Pacific Bank, 470 Broadway, N. Y 
50 burners. 

Matthew White, Oceanic, N. J. Office, cor. Bethune and West Sts., N. Y. 
William Williams, River Edge, N. J. Office, 155 West 19th Sts., N. Y 
E. B. Converse, Englewood, N. J. Office, 15 Nassau St, N. Y. 

Henry Lindenmyr, Bloomfield, N. J. Office, 15 Beekman St., N. Y. 

Geo. Shepard Page, Stanley, N. J. Office, 10 Warren St,, N. Y. 

Geo. Bradish, Bayside, L. I. Office, 115 Broadway. N. Y. 


102 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINB. 


IN NEW YORK STATE. 

H. D. G-ay, New Lebanon Springs. 

James Mix, Jr., Kinderhook. 

G. M. Tibbetts. Hoosic Corners. 50 burners. 

H. Pardee, Newburgh. 

Chas. D. Smith, Oyster Bay, Long Island. 

N. P. Rogers, Hyde Park. 

N D. Woodhull, Monroe, Orange Co. Office, 20 North Moore St., N. Y. 
John E. Gillette, Hudson. 

S. T. Du Bois, Hudson. 

John B. Hobby, Peekskill. 

Mrs. L. A. Fellows, Newburgh. 

John W. Harway, Bay side, L. I. 

Jas. Wood, Mt. Kiscoe. 

Rawlins Lowndes, Staatsburg-on-Hudson. 

Nelson P. Akin, Philmont. 100 burners. 

E. A. Mattiiiessen, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 

Wm. Burton, Waterford. 

S. H. Fox, Durhamville. 

James McDonald, Essex. 

M. Birdsall, Greene, Chenango Co. 

Gordon W. Burnham, Fisbkill-on-IIudson. 75 burners. 

Jas. Blackwell, Bay side, L. I. 

J. W. Hines, Waterford. 

J. D. Dibble, Irvington. 

Wm. Osborne, Waterville. 50 burners. 

D. B. Goodwin, Waterville. 

Miss Mary Miller, Newburgh. 

W. P. Cleveland, Waterville. 

Chauncey Smith, Mt. Kiscoe. 

Wm. Buck, Sag Harbor. 

N. P. Howell, Sag Harbor. 

P. S. Van Orden, Spring Valley. 

M. M. Dickerson, Spring Valley. 

G. B. Hammond, Spring Valley. 

Mrs Julia J. Lyon, Lyon’s Falla 
J Frank Wright, Mt. Vernon. 



REFERENCES. 


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IN NEW JERSEY. 

II. Robbins, Merchantville. Office, cor. 9th and Chestnut St,, Philadelphia. 
Bryan Lawrence, Red Bank. 

Leavitt Howe, Princeton. 

Wm. Ferdon, Closter Station. 

L. H. Davis, Riverton. 150 burners. Three houses are lighted by this machine. 
T. H. Whitney, Glassboro. 

B. C. White, Eatontown. 

This Machine also lights the house of Howard Stokes. 

Leonard Smith, Highland. 

Geo. Richards, Dover. This machine also lights the house of James Simpson. 
Theodore Schmalhalz, Linden. 

John E. Pye, Branchport. 

George H. Sutterly - , Bordentown. Office, 134 S. Front St., Philadelphia. 

N. Jacobus, Ridgefield. 

G. W. Brown, Long Branch. 

F. T. Luqueer, Westfield. 

W. H. Doble, Trenton. 

Mrs. R. D. Wood, Florence. 

Horace Hunting, Madison. 

F. J. Frelinghuysen, Raritan. 

H. T. Paddock, Long Branch. 

Wm. G. Lathrop, Boon ton. 100 burners. 

R. H. Rathbun, South Amboy. 

Columbus Beach, President Nat. Union Bank, Dover. 

Clayton L. Black, Columbus. 

F. S. Hovey, Beverly. Office, 248 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 

J. E. P. Abbot, Mays Landing. 

R. S. Conover, South Amboy. 

J. H. Stevens, Closter Station. 

John Ellingworth, Mountain Station. 


IN PENNSYLVANIA, 

Thomas Mellor, Chelton Hills. 

Chas. Wheeler, Vice-President Central Nat, Bank, Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr. 
100 burners. 



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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


N. P. Shortridge, Wynnewood. Office, 226 Chestnut St., Phila. 50 burners. 
Thomas Dolan, Torresdale. Office, Keystone Knitting Mills, Phila 65 burners. 
J. Howard Lewis, Oakdale. 50 burners. 

I. N. Megarge, Germantown. 

Robert Steel, Germantown. Office,^821 Chestnut St., Phila. Two machines. 
M. Baird, Darby, Del. Co. Office, Baldwin Locomotive Works. 100 burners. 
John Hulme, Hemphill. 50 burners. 

Isaac H. Evans, Bryn Mawr. 100 burners. 

Wm. Baird, Frankford. 100 burners. 

F. A. Drexel, Torresdale. Office, 34 S. 3d St., Phila. 100 burners. 

Alexander Brown, Torresdale. 65 burners. 

D. R. Hawkins, “Idlewild,” Media. 100 burners. 

John R. Whitney, Bryn Mawr. 100 burners. 

E. M. Davis, Jr., City Line. 

W. P. Townsend, Pittsburgh. Office, 19 Market St., Pittsburgh. 

Dr. S. R. S. Smith, Atliensville. 

Geo. O. Evans, Old York Road. Office, 28 Bank St., Phila. 

Edward Glenn, Athensville. 

Edwin II. Fitler, Torresdale. Office, 23 N. Water St., Phila. 

John M. Kennedy, Jr., Bryn Mawr. Office, 162 N. 3d St., Phila. 

J. H. Miciiener, Chelten Hills. Office, 124 Arch St., Phila. 75 burners. 
William H. Lippincott, Old York Road. Office, Poplar St. Wharf, Phila. 
Oborn Levis, Clifton, Delaware Co. 

James A. Hutchinson, cor. Wood St. and 2d Ave., Pittsburg. 

David Morgan, Merion. Office, 7th and Cherry Sts., Phila. 

William Harmon, Rosemont Station. 

M. S. Quay, New Brighton. 

Stephen S. Price, Green Lane Station. Office, 312 Chestnut St. Phila. 65 bur’s. 
David Beaty, Warren, Warren Co. 75 burners. 

J. B. Myers, Torresdale, 75 burners. 

Sam. Cornett, Phoenixville, Chester Co. 

Robert Callaghan, Angora Station. Office, 48 S. Front St., Phila. 

J. B. Townsend, Overbrook Station. Office, 709 Walnut St., Phila. 

Edward Kelly, Kelly ville, Delaware Co. 

James Price, Darby, Delaware Co. 

Lewis Thompson, Taconv. Office, cor. Ridge Ave. and 11th St., Phila. 

Alex. W. Nutt, Gen. Freight Agent Penn. Cent. R. R., Elm Station. Office, 
13th and Market Streets. 

Dell Noblitt, Old York Road Station. Pres. Coni Exchange Bank. 

Caleb H. Malin, Elm Station, Penn. R. R. Office, 228 Dock St., Phila. 


REFERENCES. 


105 


Chas. Baeder, Jenkintown. Office, 730 Market St., Phila. 

J. B. MooreheaD, Coushohocken. Office, 136 South 3d St., Phila. 

James Day Rowland, Ashburne Station. Office, 1831 Market St., Phila. 
Joel J. Baily, Darby, Delaware Co. Office, 719 Market St., Phila. 

S. S. Spencer, Lancaster. 

Henry J. Davis, Darby. Office, 719 Market St., Phila. 

J. L. Stadleman, Athensville. 

Mrs. E. C. Roberts, Pencoyd. 

Wister Morris, Overbrook. Two houses. 

Neilson Brown, Torreedale. 

Joseph Wharton, Germantown. 

William Whittaker, Tabor Station. Office, 203 Church St., Phila. 


IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. 


W. A. Keeler, Stamford. 

Hon. Charles Ives, New Haven. — 

Miles Morse, Thomaston. 

H P. Kent, Suffield. 

Byron Loomis, Suffield. 50 burners. 

E. M. Chapin, Pine Meadow. 

Philip E. Chapin, Pine Meadow. 50 burners. 
Samuel J. Porter, Unionville. 

J. B. Chamberlin, Unionville. 

Edw. J. Hulbert, Portland. 

F. W. Russell, Wethersfield. 

J. G. Wetmore, Winsted. 

S. B. Forbes, Winsted. 

Chas. Norton, Forestville. 

E. Stevens, Cromwell. 

C. Durand, Ansonia. 

G. W. Hubbell, Ansonia. 

Geo. P. Cowles, Ansonia. 

Royal N. Basset, Birmingham. 

Nelson Downs, Huntington. 



106 


THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


E. Alvord, Bridgeport. 50 burners. 

Ed. Pierson, Fairfield. 

W. H. Richardson, Lime Rock. 

D. S. Plume, Thomaston. 

L. H. Biglow, South Norwalk. 50 burners. Office, 76 E. 9th Street. 

W. H. Busiinell, New Hartford. 50 burners. 

H. W. Collender, Darien. Office, 738 Broadway, New York. 

Francis Holley, Wolcottville. 

J. Howard Foote, Canton. Office, 31 Maiden Lane, N. Y. 65 burners. 

J. H. Simonds, Warehouse Point. Office, 26 Cliff Street, New York. 75 
burners. 

Samuel Simpson, Wallingford. 

S. H. Alden, Westport. 100 burners. 

Henry Westcott, Danielsonville. 

George H. Barber, Thompsonville. 

Francis Gowdy, Broad Brook. 

Julius Converse, Stafford Springs. 

John Stevens, Cromwell. 

Carlos Frhnch, Seymour. 

B. W. Patten, Stafford Springs. 

J. M. Stiles, Broad Brook. 

O. S IIubbell, Stratford. Office, 1410 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

John Hemminway, Watertown. 

Geo. A. Morse, Putnam. ^ 

S. Benjamin, Granby. 

E. H. Gardner, Warehouse Point. Office, 26 Cliff Street, New York. 50 
burners. 

John P. Treadwell, New Milford. 

Henry J. Steere, Providence, R. I. 

David Ballou, “ 

Chas. Merriman, “ 

Chas. Adams, “ “ 

R. D. Horton, “ “ 

Francis Armington, “ u 

Wm. Butler, “ “ 


REFERENCES, 


107 


IN MASSACHUSETTS. 

W. S. Lincoln, Worcester. 

Geo. C. Fisk, Springfield. 

Josiah Bumstead, Springfield. 

Geo. T. Bond, Springfield. 

Geo. A. Kibbe (of the firm of Kibbe Bros.), Springfield. 

L. H. Taylor, Springfield. 

Mrs. Edward Southworth, West Springfield. 

J. H. Simmons, Westfield. 

Geo. L. Wright, Agawam. 

J. W. Gardner, Shelburne Falls. 

A. F. Leake, Williamstowu. 50 burners. 

H. L. James, Williamsburg. 

L. N. Granger, North Hadley. 

Charles S. Wheelwright, Fitchburg. 

M. C. Pratt, Lowell. 

E. Murdock, Winchendon. 

C. G. Sargent, Graniteville. 

S. C. Fletcher, Graniteville. 

Hon. Thomas Talbott, Billerica. 

G. A. Burr, Florence. 

Jona Graves, Hatfield. 50 burners. 

L. J. Orcutt, Cummington. 

A. Parker, Greenfield. 100 burners. (Eight dwellings are lighted by this 
Machine, having meters in each.) 

A. L. Williston, Florence. 

I. S. Parsons, Florence. 

O. G. Spelman, Florence. 

W. A. Taylor, Hinsdale. 

S. L. Hill, Florence. 

Lucius Dimock, Leeds. 

J. W. Abbott, Westford. 65 burners. 

Seth Heywood, Gardner. 50 burners. 

Z. Crane, Jr., Dalton. 50 burners. 

C. Laflin, Westfield. 

A. M. Sawyer, Athol. 65 burners. 

C. B. Smith, Abington. 

Russell Marston, Centreville. Proprietor of Marston House, Boston, Mass. 
William Valentine, Fall River. 


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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


W. H. Amsden, Athol. 

J. D. Billings, Hatfield. 

Otis Childs, Newton. 

S- D. Burbank, Springfield. 

Eleazer Porter, Hadley. 

N. S. Cutler, Bernardstou. 

J. P. Allen, Holyoke. 

A. W. Chapin, Deerfield. 50 burners. 

Mrs. Weston, Dalton. 

Levi Heywood, Gardiner. 50 burners. 

L. P. Thayer, Westfield. 

Solomon Hovey, Hyde Park. Two houses. 50 burners. 
Anthony Sheffield, Florence. 

N. Lamson, Shelburne Falls. 

Z. M. Crane, Dalton. 

J. B. Crane, Dalton. 

Hon. Charles Delano, Northampton. 

G. H. Peck, Collins Depot, Wilbraliam. 


IN MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT. 

J. L. Mitchell, Walpole, N. H. New York Office, Hotel Brunswick. 
Luther Graves, Bennington, Vt. 100 burners. 

Calvin Park, Bennington, Vt. 100 burners. 

H. K. Root, Bennington, Vt. 50 burners. 

II. W. Putnam, Bennington, Vt. 50 burners. 

E. Crosby, Brattleboro, Vt. 

Chas. Ripley, Centre Rutland, Vt. 

William Stoddard, Burlington, Vt. 

Charles Williams, Suncook, N. II. 

Paul Webster, Orono, Me. 

John V. Hall, Bennington, Vt. 

John W. Currier, Newport, Vt 

Trainor W. Park, Bennington, Vt. 75 burners. 

Edward Thompson, Charlestown, N. H. 75 burners. 

B. II. Lewis, Portland, Me. 

Eben Webster, Orono, Me. 



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109 


IN THE WESTERN STATES. 

G. II. Warren, Tama City, Iowa. 150 burners. This Machine also lights the 
houses of L. Carmichael and J. H. Brooks. 

Col. P. Kinney, Portsmouth, Ohio. 50 burners. 

Cart. Joseph Kinney, Boonville, Mo. 50 burners. 

Seth Wadhams, Elmhurst, Ill. Office, 79 La Salle St., Chicago. 

E. S. Osgood, Austin, Ill. Office, Terra Cotta Co., Chicago. 

Col. A. C. Ducat, Evanstowu, Ill. Office, 155 La Salle Street, Chicago. 

A. Pierce, Hyde Park, Ill. 

Robert Montgomery, Mishawaka, Ind. 

B. Shurtlefe, Lake View, Cook Co., Ill. 

Volney E. Rusco, Highland Park, Lake Co.. Ill. 

John S. Miller, Sterling, Ill. 

N. H. Warren, Hinsdale, Ill. Office, 63 Lake Street, Chicago. 

John H. Knapp, Menomonie, Wis. 

Capt. Wilson, Menomonie, Wis. 

Gen'l J. Gilbert, Burlington, Iowa. 

Ira Holmes, Hyde Park, Pres’t Manufacturers’ National Bank, Chicago, III. 
100 burners. 

E. D. Rand, Burlington, Iowa. 

J. Stinson, Capitalist, Chicago, Ill. 100 burners. 

Thos. A. Galt, Sterling, Ill. 

Wm. A. Sanborn, Sterling, Ill. 

Parker R. Mason, Chicago, Ill. 

J. S. Brown, Irving Park, Ill. 

Thos. King, Pekin, Ill. 

E. S. Porter, Sedalia, Mo. 75 burners. 

T. J. Haldeman, Glendale, Ohio, Pres. Haldeman Paper Co. 75 burners. 

O. J. Wilson, Clifton, near Cincinnati, Ohio (of Wilson, Hiukle & Co.). 100 
burners. 

Curtis Mann, Oconomowoc, Wis. 

D. McLaren, Glendale, Ohio, Pres. Cin. Ham. & Dayton R. R. 50 burners. 

A. E. Pound, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 

A. J. Hull, Sterling, Ill. 

C. W. Sherwood, Austin, Ill. 

W. T. B. Reade, Chicago, 111. 


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THE SPRINGFIELD GAS MACHINE. 


IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, CUBA, AND ELSEWHERE. 

W. A. Fuller, Brunswick, Ga. 

S. C. Littlfield, Brunswick, Ga. 

Chas. J. Baker, Baltimore, Md., Pres’t Nat. Franklin Bank. 

A. Birgfield, Washington, D. C. 

Samuel Cupples (of Cupples & Marston), St. Louis, Mo. 

Robert Poole (of Poole & Hunt), Woodbury, Md. 65 burners. 

F. De Barry, Jacksonville, Florida. Office, 52 Broad St., N. Y. 75 burners. 

C. R Paxton, Leesburg, Va. 

A. G. Schlens, Baltimore, Md. 

Waterman Palmer, Georgetown, D. C. 

Jas. E. Hooper, Woodbury, Baltimore Co., Md. Residence and Church, 75 
burners. 

Wm. Ortwine, Liberty Road. Office, corner Eutaw and Baltimore Streets, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Messrs. Drain & Vandewater, Radney Park, Baltimore Co., Md. 60 burners. 

G. T. Pace, Danville, Va. 

R. L. Hickson, Danville, Va. 

G. W. Claybaugh, Taneytown, Md. 

J. M. McClanahan, Port Deposit, Md. 50 burners. 

O. A. Ballou, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Judge Robert Gilmore, Mt. Washington. Md. 

Jose Avilas, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Office, 97 Pearl St., N. Y. 50 burners. 

C. L. Dutjen, Matanzas, Cuba. 

H. Bischoff, Vegesack, Bremen, Germany. 4 machines. 

Richard Ficken, Vegesack, Bremen, Germany. 50 burners. 


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